Lot Essay
Nicholas Turner has suggested that the drawing may be by Ciro Ferri, but Professor Jörg Merz is inclined to accept the traditional attribution to Pietro da Cortona
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Provenance
1st Earl of Leicester, his mount with the attribution 'Pietro da Cortona' in William Kent's (?) hand
Literature
A.E. Popham and C.E. Lloyd, Old Master Drawings at Holkham Hall, Chicago, 1986, no. 110