$35,280
Estimate: $6,000 - $10,000
Auction: February 14, 2023 12:00 PM EDT
Bears signature 'Paolo Veronese' bottom right; also inscribed with artist's name on the mount bottom left, and with collector's stamp at bottom right verso (not in Lugt), black, white and yellow chalk on heavy laid paper
Sheet size: 12 9/16 x 10 in. (31.9 x 25.4cm)
Provenance
Private Collection, Main Line, Pennsylvania.
Note
This striking study of a woman's head is very close to the style of Renaissance master Paolo Veronese. If not by him, the drawing may have been executed by the artist's son, Carlo Caliari, who worked in a similar manner, or by one of his students in his immediate workshop. It may be related to the head of Europa in the Rape of Europa in the Palazzo Ducale, Venice.
We wish to thank Fondation Custodia for adding the undocumented Lugt collector's mark to their database. According to them, the same mark appears on the back of a head study by Federico Barocci (Italian, 1528–1612), Studio di Testa Maschile di Tre-Quarti Volta a Destra (Cristo) (Inventory no. 293) now at the Pinacoteca di Brera.