Florentine School, mid-17th Century

Benno Geiger, 
his sale, London, Sotheby's, Old Master Drawings, The property of a Gentleman living in Italy, 7 December 1920, part of lot 137 (as Giovanni da San Giovanni)

London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 369 (as Giovanni da San Giovanni (Manozzi))

Hinge mounted in two places to the upper edge. The sheet has been laid down on paper, which hides an additional red chalk figure study to the verso of the sheet. The lower right corner has been made up and there are a number of old creases to the seated man's feet. The red chalk medium is still fresh throughout.
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