Italian School

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Italian School
15th century
Standing Youth Seen From the Back, Sounding a Trumpet
ca. 1460
Brush and brown ink and opaque white, on blue laid paper; laid down on Richardson Sr. or Barnard mount.
7 1/8 x 3 1/8 inches (182 x 79 mm)
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Watermark: none visible through lining.

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Inscribed on verso of mount, at upper center, in pen and brown ink, with Richardsons's pressmarks, " S 43 / b."; at center, in pen and brown ink, by Smith "AX I GX / NS / Barnard Sale / 1787 / Pond"; in graphite, "N. Smith".

Provenance: 
P.H. Lankrink (Lugt 2090); Jonathan Richardson Sr. (Lugt 2184); Pond (inscription on verso of mount); John Barnard (Lugt 1419; sale 1787?); Nathaniel Smith (Lugt 1988; 2297).
Associated names: 

Perugino, approximately 1450-1523, Formerly attributed to.
Pollaiolo, Antonio, 1426?-1498, Formerly attributed to.
Lankrink, Prosper Henricus, former owner.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Pond, former owner.
Barnard, John, 1709-1784, former owner.
Smith, Nathaniel, former owner.

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