Lot 5: Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, il Fiammenghino (Milan circa 1575-1640)

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, il Fiammenghino (Milan circa 1575-1640) >A chorus of angels <br>signed with monogram 'G.M.R.', dated '1637 22 8tobr'and numbered '30' (verso) >black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white on pale brown paper<br>9¾ x 14½ in. (24.6 x 36.7 cm.)

P. Märker and S. Twiehaus, Prima Idea: Dibujos Italianos de los Siglos XVI y XVII del Graphische Sammlung Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, exh. cat., Valencia, 2003, p. 186, under no. 45, nt. 1.

with William H. Schab Gallery, New York. >with Colnaghi, London (cat. May 1995, no. 13), where acquired by the present owner, 1997.