Italian School 18th Century

Italian School 18th Century

Study for the head of Christ

Bears inscription Raccolta del Pittore Bevilacqua (to verso)

Black chalk and stumping, heightened with white chalk, on blue paper

24.7 x 21.3cm; 9¾ x 8¼in

Provenance:

Probably Giovanni Carlo Bevilacqua (1775-1849);

William and Patricia Redford;

By whom sold, Sotheby's, London, 11 December 2002, lot 123