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Provenance
1st Earl of Leicester, his mount with the inscription 'Albano' in Thomas Pelletier's (?) hand
Literature
A. Sutherland Harris, Some Chalk Drawings by Francesco Albani, Master Drawings, VII, 1969, p. 153, illustrated
A.E. Popham and C.E. Lloyd, Old Master Drawings at Holkham Hall, Chicago, 1986, no. 33

Lot Essay

Ann Sutherland Harris pointed out that this drawing is related to the head of Europa in the Rape of Europa in the Pitti, illustrated in L'Ideale Classico del Seicento in Italia e la pittura di paesaggio, Bologna, 1962, no. 50. The drawing is also very similar to the Magdalen in the Capitoline Museum, Rome although she looks upwards rather than to the left

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