Lot 21: CLEMENTE BOCCIARDO, CALLED IL CLEMENTONE (GENOA CIRCA 1600-1658 PISA) A male nude kne

CLEMENTE BOCCIARDO, CALLED IL CLEMENTONE (GENOA CIRCA 1600-1658 PISA) A male nude kneeling on a rock, shouting, his arms raised with inscription 'di Clemente Bocciardi d˚ il Clementone' (on the old mount) black chalk and touches of white chalk on buf paper, watermark cross on six mounts 15 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. (40 x 27.5 cm)

PROVENANCE: An anonymous 17th or 18th Century Florentine collection, possibly Giuseppe Santini. Possibly Comte Eugène d'Oultremont (1845-1916), Chateau de Presles, Aiseau-Presle, Belgium and by descent; Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 December 1985, lot 217.