Lot 11
11
Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828)
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Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828)

A Moorish costume study

Details
Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828)
A Moorish costume study
numbered '60' (upper left)
pencil and watercolour
6 x 2¾ in. (15.2 x 7 cm.)
Provenance
Michael Wentworth.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 May 1970, lot 147.
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Lot Essay

The present drawing is a study by Bonington of the figure second to the left of The Sermon of Saint Stephen from the cycle for the Scuola di S. Stefano by Vittorio Carpaccio (c. 1455-1526) and now in the Louvre, Paris.

We are grateful to Patrick Noon for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph.

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