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A seated figure reading a book
Details
Florentine School, Late 16th Century
A seated figure reading a book
black chalk, pen and brown ink
149 x 107 mm.
A seated figure reading a book
black chalk, pen and brown ink
149 x 107 mm.
Provenance
Freiherr M. von Heyl zu Herrnsheim (L. 2879); Stuttgart, 25-26 May 1903, lot 142 (as Josse van Gent).
Prince Johann Georg von Sachsen (L. 1162c), his shelfmark 'I' and number '1172'.
Prince Johann Georg von Sachsen (L. 1162c), his shelfmark 'I' and number '1172'.
Literature
C. von Prybram-Gladona, Unbekannte Zeichnungen alter Meister aus europäischem Privatbesitz, Munich, 1969, no. 90 (as Josse van Gent, The Persian Ambassador Zeno, from a series of 28 portraits of famous men executed for the Federigo Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino).
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