Lot 8: GIORGIO VASARI (AREZZO 1511-1574 FLORENCE) Design for an epitaph with a winged man pu

GIORGIO VASARI (AREZZO 1511-1574 FLORENCE) Design for an epitaph with a winged man pumping air with a pair of bellows towards a man holding a net inscribed 'qui va la morte di/ pietri' (?) black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, partly squared in black chalk 9 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. (24.5 x 16.9 cm)

PROVENANCE: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1976, lot 26 (as Francesco Salviati). with Lorna Lowe, London, 1977. Lodewijk Houthakker (1926-2008), Amsterdam (L. 3893); Christie's, New York, 11 January 1994, lot 8 (as attributed to Vasari).