Anatomical studies of mostly écorché arms, legs, male genitals and heads of horses (recto); Anatomical studies of arms, feet, bones and two bones (verso)

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Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (Milan 1548-1608)
Anatomical studies of mostly écorché arms, legs, male genitals and heads of horses (recto); Anatomical studies of arms, feet, bones and two bones (verso)
red chalk, pen and brown ink, watermark crown surmounted by a six-pointed star
17 x 11 1/8 in. (43.2 x 28.3 cm)

Provenance

Ferruccio Asta (1900-1952), Venice and Milan (L. 116a).
with W.R. Jeudwine, London (exhib. cat., Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, 1959, no. 13), from whom acquired by Robert Landolt.

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Lot Essay

Several other sheet of multiple anatomical studies – some copies after Leonardo da Vinci – from the early years of this Milanese artist are preserved, such as those at the Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, or at the Gallerie dell’Academia in Venice (A. Perissa Torini, Disegni del Figino, Mila, 1987, nos. 3-15, ill., figs. 1-14).

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