Lot Essay
Related to a series of drawings of the same subject in the Louvre (nos. 8231-3 and 18,212), the National Gallery of Canada (M. Cazort and C. Johnston, Bolognese Drawings in North America Collections 1500-1800, Ottawa, 1982, no. 35, illustrated), sold in these Rooms, 10 December 1991, lot 135, illustrated and Christie's, New York, 13 January 1993, lot 30, illustrated. The picture, for which this large group of drawings is related, is unknown