LOT DETAILS
Materials:
pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk, within partial red chalk framing lines (recto); black chalk (verso)
Measurements:
7.83 in. (19.90 cm.) (height) by 11.22 in. (28.50 cm.) (width)
Markings:
bears old attribution, in red chalk, verso: Stef della Bella
Literature:
F. Viatte, 'Allegorical and Burlesque Subjects by Stefano della Bella',. Master Drawings , vol. XV, no. 4, 1977, p. 354
Provenance:
Possibly Ferdinand de'Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany;. The Marquess of Cholmondeley;. sale, London, 19 February 1930, part of lot 83;. Purchased from Hans Calmann, July 1941.