Roman School 18th Century

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 USD

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Description

a kneeling priest seen from behind
red chalk heightened with white chalk on gray paper

Provenance

Bears unidentified collector's mark;
C. R. Rudolf, his sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 July 1977, lot 1 (as Circle of Carlo Maratta)

Catalogue Note

This very attractive figure study could be by an artist working in Rome in the early 18th century, such as Pier Leone Ghezzi, whose chalk drawings are far less familiar than his pen and ink caricatures.