Pietro da Cortona

A nude youth kneeling before an altar



Pietro da Cortona - A nude youth kneeling before an altar



Pietro da Cortona
A nude youth kneeling before an altar
362 x 258 mm
Red chalk
Sale Christie's, London, 4 December 2018


Provenance

Jonathan Richardson Sen., London (1665-1747) (Lugt 2983, with his shelf mark Lh. 7.)
John Bouverie, Delapré Abbey, near Northampton (1722/3-1750) (Lugt 325)
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum - e dono Matt: H: Bloxam' and date 1880 (on the mount)
sale Christie's, London, Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School, 4 December 2018, nr. 47

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