Description:
Italian School, 18th Century
Head of a Man, Perhaps After Paolo Veronese. Inscribed "Paolo V" l.l. Charcoal and conte crayon on laid paper, 3 1/4 x 2 3/16 in., framed. Condition: Tack holes to l.c. and u.c., paper trimmed to edges of image, hinged to mat board support with a gummed label.
Provenance: Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of Old Master Drawings, June 26, 1969, Lot 127.
Estimate $400-600
Inscribed in pencil on the frame backing paper, "Sotheby's London 1963."
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