Lot 18
18
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
Francesco Allegrini* (1624?-after 1679)

Details
Francesco Allegrini* (1624?-after 1679)

The Beheading of John the Baptist (recto); Apollo on his Chariot with three Horses (verso)

pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto); black and red chalk (verso)
6 x 4 5/8in. (152 x 118mm.)
Provenance
Sir Peter Lely (L. 2092)
P.H. Lankrink (L. 2090)

Lot Essay

The architecture in this drawing is comparable to that in a study in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, J. Bean, 17th Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1979, no. 31, illustrated