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Bartolomeo Cesi

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Bartolomeo Cesi
1556-1629
Man Carrying a Bundle of Sticks, Studies of an Arm. Verso: Head and Shoulders of a Man holding a Book
Red chalk, with white on blue paper; verso: black chalk.
13 x 6 1/4 inches (333 x 162 mm)
Purchased on the Charles Ryskamp Fund and the Edwin H. Herzog Fund.
2008.41
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Watermark: Fleur-de-lis(?) in shield.

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Private collection, California; Thomas Williams, London; from whom purchased.
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Old Master Drawings, Thomas Williams Fine Art, Ltd, London, July 2008, p. 26-27, repr.

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Cesi, Bartolomeo
School: 
Italian
Century: 
16th century
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Drawing
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Drawings and Prints