Giovanni Battista Naldini (c.1537-1591)

A group of figures fighting (recto); A study after Michelangelo (verso): a page from an album

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Giovanni Battista Naldini (c.1537-1591)
A group of figures fighting (recto); A study after Michelangelo (verso): a page from an album
numbered '1' (recto)
black chalk, pen and brown ink (recto); red chalk (verso)
106 x 149 mm.

Provenance

Spengler Collection, according to an inscription 'Cab de spengler' on the mount (verso).

Lot Essay

Dr. Florian Hrb has confirmed the attribution and kindly pointed out that the verso of the drawing is after Michelangelo's Victory in the Sala dei Cinquecento in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Dr. Hrb dates the drawing to Naldini's early period in the 1560s.

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