Master Paintings and Drawings

Master Paintings and Drawings

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Giovanni Battista Trotti, called il Malosso

Study of an Evangelist, standing with an open book supported on his right knee

Lot Closed

March 23, 04:11 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Giovanni Battista Trotti, called il Malosso

Cremona 1555 - 1619 Parma

Study of an Evangelist, standing with an open book supported on his right knee


Pen and brown ink and gray wash, squared in black chalk and pricked for transfer, roughly indicated framing lines at the corners

330 by 217 mm; 13 by 8 ½ in

Sale, London, Sotheby's, 26 November 1970, lot 40;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 2003, lot 17