THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734)

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Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734)

A bearded Man, half length, looking down to the left

with inscriptions 'B Ricci/22'; black chalk, greenish brown wash
218 x 165mm.
Provenance
Pierre Crozat
Gabriel Huquier; Amsterdam, 14 September 1761, lot 12
Anon. sale, Christie's, 4 July 1978, lot 69, illustrated ((2,000)
Exhibited
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario and New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, Italian Drawings from the Collection of Duke Roberto Ferretti, 1985, no. 56

Lot Essay

Related in style and subject matter to the coloured chalk study of circa 1724-34 in the Accademia, Venice, T. Pignatti, I Grandi Disegni Italiani nelle Collezioni di Venezia, Milan, 1974, no. 23, reproduced in colour. David McTavish noted that another Ricci drawing formerly in Crozat's collection at Udine, bears a similar inscription and numbering to that of the present study, A. Rizzi (ed.), Sebastiano Ricci disegnatore, Udine, 1975, no. 14, illustrated

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