Portrait of an ecclesiastic, bust-length, in a cartouche; and Portrait of an ecclesiastic, bust-length, holding his hand to his chest, in a cartouche

Details

Bartolomeo Nazzari (Clusone 1699-1758 Milan)
Portrait of an ecclesiastic, bust-length, in a cartouche; and Portrait of an ecclesiastic, bust-length, holding his hand to his chest, in a cartouche
black and white chalk on blue paper
11½ x 8½ in. (291 x 215 mm.) and 12 1/8 x 9 in. (307 x 229 mm.) (2)

Provenance

Probably Comtessa Rosa Piatti-Lochis.
F. Asta (L. 116a).
Janos Scholz.

Literature

J. Byam Shaw, The Italian Drawings of the Frits Lugt Collection, Paris, 1983, under no. 293.

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Lot Essay

This pair of drawings was previously in an album with about forty portraits by Nazzari belonging to the Comtessa Rosa Piatti-Lochis. The Venetian dealer Ferruccio Asta bought the album and, having dismembered it, sold some of these drawings to Janos Scholz.

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