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Child, Lying on its Back, with Left Arm Raised

Italian School
17th century

Child, Lying on its Back, with Left Arm Raised

5 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches (129 x 185 mm)
Red chalk on laid paper; framing lines in red chalk.
1993.179

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Formerly attributed to Fra Bartolommeo.
Description

Although once attributed to Fra Bartolommeo, this drawing seems more likely to be by an as-yet unidentified draftsman of the seventeenth century.

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso at center, in graphite, "Fra: Porta(?)".
Associated names
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Bartolomeo, fra, 1472-1517, Formerly attributed to.
Sarto, Andrea del, 1486-1530, Formerly attributed to the circle of.
Posonyi, Alexander Emil, 1839-1899, former owner.
Grunewald, Gustav, 1805-1878, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department