Lot Essay
The inscription on the mount attributing this drawing to Bocciardo is similar to those found on a number of drawings by Tuscan artists from the collection of Comte Eugène d'Oultremont (see Provenance). Drawings by Bocciardo, nicknamed Il Clementone because of his apparently large size, are exceedingly rare. A self-portrait in black and red chalk is in the British Museum (inv. 1934,1001.2; see M. Newcome, 'Artisti genovesi e Castiglione', Paragone, 1982, XXXIII, pp. 27-8, fig. 13).