Lot 50
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Spanish School, 17th Century
Spanish School, 17th Century
Spanish School, 17th Century
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PROPERTY OF THE LATE PROFESSOR ERIC STANLEY
Spanish School, 17th Century

Study for an Annunciation (recto); Study of a hand and a table (verso)

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Spanish School, 17th Century
Study for an Annunciation (recto); Study of a hand and a table (verso)
with inscription 'MCAad deperiva...[?]' (lower centre, 'MCA' in ligature) and in graphite 'Guido [?]' and '60' (recto) and with inscription 'Madrid' (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watermark three circles crowned by a cross
9¾ x 7 7/8 in. (24.8 x 19.9 cm)

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Lot Essay

This sheet may be compared to a drawing by Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra (1638–1689) showing Saint Jerome and the Angel of Judgement, executed in a somewhat similar technique, in the Uffizi, Florence (inv. 10103 S; see B. Navarrete Prieto, I segni nel tempo. Dibujos españoles de los Uffizi, Madrid, 2016, no. 25, ill.).

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