Lot 56: ATTRIBUTED TO ANDREA COMMODI | Head of a young man, looking to the right

Black chalk and stumping;
bears attribution in ink on the old mount: Michel Angelo da caravaggio

284 by 244 mm

Black chalk and stumping;<br />bears attribution in ink on the old mount: <em>Michel Angelo da caravaggio </em>

Laid down on an old mount. There is an old horizontal crease running across the lower section of the sheet and some small areas of surface dirt to the lower left and right edges. The black chalk remains very fresh and the stumping used by the artist is far more evident in reality than appears in the catalogue reproduction. The sheet itself is also in fine condition and is not yellowed or stained, as the catalogue reproduction suggests. Sold in an oak frame.
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