Details
Roman (?) School, 18th Century
A partially draped male nude with a raised arm, subsidiary study of his head and shoulders

black chalk
1638 x 1118 in. (41.6 x 28.1 cm); together with Italian School, circa 1700, A river landscape with a ferry and huts and trees in the background, red chalk and grey wash, 758 x 1134 in. (19.5 x 30 cm)

Provenance
i: Carlo Prayer (1826-1900), Milan (L. 2044, twice).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 April 1988, lot 15.
ii: Giuseppe Vallardi (1784-1863), Milan (with his insciption in red chalk 'I 69').
Carlo Prayer (1826-1900), Milan (L. 2044)
Juan and Felix Bernasconi and by descent to,
Anna Maria Elvira Celia Mendez [?] Bernasconi (L. 5374, with her inscription and date 1977 verso);
Christie's, London, 4 July 1989, lot 215.
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