VERONA SCHOOL (LATE 16TH CENTURY)

Study of a Faun hiding behind a tree

pen and brown ink with purple wash on blue paper

184 x 258 mm (7 x 10 in)

Provenance:

Sale: Sotheby's, Milan, 8th May 2002, lot 1295

Sale: Il Ponte Casa d'Aste, Milan, 23rd October 2018, lot 116

Bears inscription del Palma in pen and brown ink.

There is a study of a martyr by another hand in red chalk on the reverse.

The drawing on the recto draws stylistic resemblance to studies by Jacopo Negretti called Palma il Giovane (Venice 1544 - 1628), whom it was formerly attributed to.