Lot 32: POLIDORO CALDARA, CALLED POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO | Recto: The Madonna and Child; verso: Sketches for three figures

Red chalk (recto and verso)

74 by 67 mm

Red chalk (<em>recto</em> and <em>verso</em>)

Hinge mounted along the right edge to a 20th century mount. The sheet is in very good condition with the red chalk medium fresh and vibrant throughout. There are two small areas, to the verso, where blue paper from an old mount has transferred onto the upper and lower right corners. Overall the work is in very fine condition.
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Original Drawings by the Old Masters of the Italian School, forming part of the Collection of J.P.H., privately printed, London, 1913, no. 15 (as Correggio);
A.E. Popham, Correggio's Drawings, London 1957, p. 186, no. A78

Jean-Denis Lempereur (L.1740);
Marquis Philippe de Chennevières (1820-1899), according to J. P. Heseltine catalogue;
John Postle Heseltine (L.1507);
Henry Oppenheimer,
his sale, London, Christie's, 10 July 1936, lot 72a (as Correggio);
Count Tito Rasini