Aureliano Milani Bologna 1675 - 1749

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Description

Aureliano Milani
god the father surrounded by putti
bears numbering and old attribution, verso: 239/Aurelio Millani
black chalk with stumping

Provenance

Pierre Crozat ? (L.474), now thought to be the mark of the Comte de Caylus

Catalogue Note

This charming drawing compares stylistically and technically to other works in black chalk given to Milani. The broad areas of stumping, the sfumato effect, and the rounded faces of the putti seem particularly distinctive.