Lot 48: Carlo Alberto Baratta (Genoa 1754-1815)

A seated woman, half-length, in profile to the left
with inscription 'David' on the backing
pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, on light brown paper
7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (181 x 130 mm.)

J.H. Wiegersma (L. 1552a).

Mary Newcome Schleier confirmed the attribution to Baratta to the previous owner, comparing the drawing to the artist's Death of Hector in a private collection (formerly with P.&D. Colnaghi, London, 2002, no. 32). The old attribution on the backing probably refers to the Genoese artist Giovanni David (1743-1790) who greatly influenced Baratta.

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