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1st Earl of Leicester, his mount with the attribution 'Louis Carache' in Thomas Pelletier's (?) hand
Literature
A. E. Popham and C. E. Lloyd, Old Master Drawings at Holkham Hall, Chicago, 1986, no. 81

Lot Essay

A related drawing of the subject, also on vellum, signed in gold 'LOD C./F.' was in the Ellesmere Collection, Sotheby's, 11 July 1972, lot 9, illustrated. In the ex-Ellesmere drawing the angel is on the right, and the Christ Child is seated on a raised platform.

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