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Baldassare Franceschini
1611-1689
Half-Length Study of a Young Man Seen from the Back, with Detail of the Drapery. Verso: Man Carrying a Bundle and Sword on his Back
Red and white chalk, on light gray paper.
16 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (422 x 262 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Vincent Astor.
1971.12
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Watermark: crescent.
Verso contains a sketch after the Serving Man with a Bundle and Basket in Andrea del Sarto's "Visitation" fresco in the Cloister of the Barefooted Monks of the Confraternity of St. John the Baptist, Florence
Provenance:
Richard Day, London.
Associated names:
Astor, Vincent, Mrs., donor.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 113.
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