Dutch School, 17th Century

One can easily imagine finding a figure based on this study from life in a painting by one of the Bamboccianti.  Little is, however, known of the figure drawing style of most of those artists, so until this figure is actually found in a painting, this highly accomplished study must remain unattributed. The clue to its authorship may perhaps lie in the fact that although the figure type and approach to lighting seem strongly Italianate, there is also a certain stylistic affinity with figure drawings by Rembrandt school artists such as Backer and Flinck.