Property of a lady Attributed to Jacopo Chimenti detto l'Em...

Estimate

£1,000 - £2,000

Property of a lady

Attributed to Jacopo Chimenti detto l'Empoli (1551 - 1640)
The head of a putto
Red and black chalk on buff paper

This drawing is loosely based on a drawing by Pontormo now in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. 654EV), which is a study for the head of the Christ Child in the altarpiece of the Madonna and Saints in the church of the S. Michele-Visdomini, Florence (see Janet Cox-Rearick), The Drawings of Pontormo, New York 1981, pls. 36 and 43).

Provenance:

• Drury-Lowe Collection, Locko Park;


• Sotheby's London, March 25th 1965, lot 47 (as Federigo Baroccio);


• Professor J. Isaacs;


• The Rev. Richard Bagley.