Lot 31: BACCIO BANDINELLI | Profile study of a standing saint holding a book, with subsidiary studies of three additional figures

Red chalk; a faint offset of another red chalk figure study on the verso;
bears faint chalk attribution on the verso: Bartolommeo

282 by 160 mm

Red chalk; a faint offset of another red chalk figure study on the <em>verso</em>;<br />bears faint chalk attribution on the verso: <em>Bartolommeo</em>

Window mounted on acid free paper which in turn has been hinged onto a modern mount. Generally in good condition. A number of light grey stains at the top and bottom of the sheet. Some surface dirt, although the chalk is still quite fresh. Sold in a modern frame.
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With Crispian Riley-Smith, London, by whom sold in 2000 to
Jeffrey E. Horvitz (bears his mark, verso, not in Lugt),
his sale, New York, Sotheby's, 23 January 2008, lot 32