Lot Essay
Mario di Giampaolo has kindly confirmed the attribution. The study on the verso is related to a picture of the Crucifixion with Saints with Galleria Laurina Arte, Rome in 1991
Details
Bartolommeo Cesi (1556-1629)
A Youth carrying Sticks (recto); A veiled Woman in an Attitude of Prayer (verso)
red and white chalk, on blue paper, watermark encircled crown
340 x 220mm.
A Youth carrying Sticks (recto); A veiled Woman in an Attitude of Prayer (verso)
red and white chalk, on blue paper, watermark encircled crown
340 x 220mm.
Exhibited
New York, William H. Schab Gallery, Los Angeles, County Museum and Indianapolis, Museum of Art, Woodner Collection II, Old Master Drawings from XV to XVIII Century, 1973, no. 55, illustrated (as Annibale Carracci)