Lot 38

Circle of Andrea Sacchi (Nettuno 1599-1661 Rome)

Circle of Andrea Sacchi (Nettuno 1599-1661 Rome)

A nude, holding a cloth above his head

Details

Circle of Andrea Sacchi (Nettuno 1599-1661 Rome)
A nude, holding a cloth above his head
with inscription 'Anda Sacchi' (verso)
red chalk, watermark encircled BV between two crosses, one encircled
12¼ x 83/8 in. (310 x 213 mm.)

Provenance

Richard and Trude Krautheimer, their mark (not in Lugt); Christie's, New York, 10 January 1996, lot 55.

Exhibited

Poughkeepsie, Vassar College Art Gallery, Italian Drawings from the Collection of Mrs. Richard Krautheimer, 1963, no. 23.
Durham, Duke University, Italian Master Drawings from the Collection of Mrs. Richard Krautheimer, 1966, no. 18.

Lot Essay

A large group of academies by Sacchi are at Windsor Castle, see A. Blunt and H.L. Cooke, The Roman Drawings of the XVII and XVIII Centuries in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, London, 1960, nos. 821-851.

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