Elisabetta SIRANI
1638 - 1665
Young Boy's Head
On the reverse, in red chalk, two classical figures including a woman holding a great spear, in a lightly sketched landscape
Red chalk and light stump; the composition is surrounded by a thin black chalk line
225 × 164 mm
Inscriptions: on the front, in pen and brown ink Eliz. Sirani, and number 0.287 in red chalk ; on the reverse, number in red chalk.
Provenance: Giuseppe Vallardi (Lugt 1223), Ralph Holland.