Diana and Endymion (?) in a landscape with putti and a dog (recto); Horses drawing a chariot, a bearded figure in the foreground (verso)

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Giovanni Battista Naldini (Fiesole circa 1537-1591 Florence)
Diana and Endymion (?) in a landscape with putti and a dog (recto); Horses drawing a chariot, a bearded figure in the foreground (verso)
with inscription 'Permigianino'
black chalk, pen and brown ink (recto); red chalk (verso)
4 x 5 3/8 in. (102 x 137 mm.)

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Lot Essay

The present drawing comes from the same album - it is of the same size and technique - as a drawing from the Pierre de Charmant Collection sold at Christie's, Paris, 21 March 2002, lot 16. Two further drawings of the same size are in the Louvre (C. Monbeig-Goguel, Vasari et son temps, Paris, 1972, nos. 85 and 89).

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