A young man gesturing to the right

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Domingos Antonio de Sequeira (Belem 1768-1837 Rome)
A young man gesturing to the right
signed and inscribed 'Dezencho feito por Domingos Antonio de Sequeira, exersendo sempre sem caprixe/...ser dezenhado con lapes, sendo condozido com a primeira ideia do seu talento em Roma, Janiero de 1793 para ser regalado a Manoel Diaz seu parisal servidor' [This drawing was made by Domingos Antonio de Sequeira, with good intentions, drawn in pencil as an example of his ability in Rome January 1793 to offer to Manoel Diaz, his loyal servant]
pen and brown ink, watermark encircled bird over a honeycomb
7 x 9 1/8 in. (181 x 232 mm.)

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This drawing was executed in 1793, when Sequeira had been in Rome for five years training at the Capitoline Academy. He stayed there another two years before making a tour of Italian cities and returning to Lisbon. For other drawings by Sequeira see N. Turner, European Master Drawings from Portuguese Collections, exhib. cat., Lisbon, 2000, nos. 119-128).

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