Related in style and subject matter to the coloured chalk study of circa 1724-34 in the Accademia, Venice, T. Pignatti, I Grandi Disegni Italiani nelle Collezioni di Venezia, Milan, 1974, no. 23, reproduced in colour. David McTavish noted that another Ricci drawing formerly in Crozat's collection at Udine, bears a similar inscription and numbering to that of the present study, A. Rizzi (ed.), Sebastiano Ricci disegnatore, Udine, 1975, no. 14, illustrated