WORKSHOP OF GIAN LORENZO BERNINI (1598-1680)

A DESIGN FOR THE ALTAR AND RELIQUARY OF S. FRANCESCA ROMANA
Black chalk with pen & ink, heightened with bodycolour, on yellow-brown washed laid paper
39.5 x 30 cm
 
PROVENANCE:
Professor Eric Stanley, F.B.A. (1923-2018)
 
 
 
 
 
We are grateful to Prof. Louisa Rice and Prof. David Stone for their generous assistance in cataloguing this artwork, and to Prof. Rice for endorsing the attribution of the work on the basis of digital images.
 
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