Pompeo Batoni* (1708-1787)
Two Drapery Studies of a seated female Figure
black and white chalk on light brown prepared paper, watermark French arms
10 x 8 in. (266 x 217 mm.)
Lot Essay
Comparable to a drapery study for the Continence of Scipio, painted in 1771 for Empress Catherine II, sold at Christie's London, 3 April 1984, lot 40.