OLD MASTER DRAWINGS
Ratte, active 1789
A Young Boy, bust-length, in profile to the right; and A Young Girl, bust-length, in profile to the left
Details
Ratte, active 1789
A Young Boy, bust-length, in profile to the right; and A Young Girl, bust-length, in profile to the left
signed and dated 'Ratte 1789' (2) and with inscription 'J Trinquesse del 1787' (1 and 2)
red, black and blue chalk, watermark fragmentary Pro Partia, circular
113 mm. diam. (2)
A Young Boy, bust-length, in profile to the right; and A Young Girl, bust-length, in profile to the left
signed and dated 'Ratte 1789' (2) and with inscription 'J Trinquesse del 1787' (1 and 2)
red, black and blue chalk, watermark fragmentary Pro Partia, circular
113 mm. diam. (2)
Provenance
René Fribourg, Sotheby's, 16 October 1963, lots 608 (as Louis Roland Trinquesse of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, £220 to Partridge) and 609 (as Louis Roland Trinquesse of Marianna Mozart, £50 to Partridge)
Goldschmidt Collection
Goldschmidt Collection
Exhibited
Kansas City, Nelson Gallery, The Century of Mozart, 1956, nos. 183 and 184, fig. 13.