Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi (1728-1813)

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Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi (1728-1813)

The Heads of Orientals

signed (?) 'F. Bartolozzi'; black chalk, pen and brown ink
11¼ x 8in. (285 x 203mm.)

Lot Essay

The inscription would suggest that this is a copy by Bartolozzi after a drawing by Gaetano or Mauro Gandolfi. Bartolozzi was an accomplished copyist and in his years in England, from 1764 onwards, he produced a number of reproductive etchings after drawings