FRANCESCO DE'ROSSI, IL SALVIATI* (1510-1563)

THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN

Details

FRANCESCO DE'ROSSI, IL SALVIATI* (1510-1563)

A Boy wearing a Cap

red chalk
6 5/8 x 4 7/8in. (168 x 124mm.)

Provenance

William, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (L. 718), and by descent;
Christie's, London, 3 July 1984, lot 42, illustrated in color (¨43,200)

Literature

P. Ward-Jackson, Italian Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1979, I, under no. 250
L. Mortari, Francesco Salviati, Rome, 1992, no. 394, illustrated

Exhibited

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario and New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, Italian Drawings from the Collection of Duke Roberto Ferretti, 1986, no. 10, illustrated

Lot Essay

The attribution to Salviati is traditional. Mortari dates the drawing to around 1530, and notes the influence of Andrea dal Sarto. Comparable portraits are at Chatsworth, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and in the Uffizi, Mortari, op. cit., nos. 332, 138