Lot Essay
Maggiori's inscription, though difficult to read, may refer to the printmaker Arnold Westerhout, who engraved a number of compositions by Carlo Maratti.
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Studies of seated and standing male nudes, with subsidiary studies of forearms and cherubs' heads
Details
Attributed to Carlo Maratti (Camerano 1625-1713 Rome)
Studies of seated and standing male nudes, with subsidiary studies of forearms and cherubs' heads
black and white chalk on blue paper, unframed
10 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (27.8 x 40.2 cm.); and three other figure studies from the Italian School, 18th and early 19th Centuries (4)
Studies of seated and standing male nudes, with subsidiary studies of forearms and cherubs' heads
black and white chalk on blue paper, unframed
10 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (27.8 x 40.2 cm.); and three other figure studies from the Italian School, 18th and early 19th Centuries (4)
Provenance
A. Maggiori (L. 3005b), his attribution 'Cercate[?] di Carlo Maratti per i Termini nella Conclusione intagliata dal Wanvesteraut[?]' (on the verso).
C. Argentieri (L. 486b).
P.G. Breschi (L. 2079b).
C. Argentieri (L. 486b).
P.G. Breschi (L. 2079b).