ECOLE FRANCAISE DU XVIIème SIECLE Lot n° 28

Study sheet recto-verso: woman's head; man's head Sanguine, pen and brown ink 24.5 x 20 cm Annotated "Antoni Tempesta" in the centre, at the bottom "Coll. Padre Resta and Lord Somers" and "decimo" at the top left and on the reverse at the bottom left "della raccolta de civili" and "n°72, GA/80" and at the top left "Lucas Giordano". Small holes, foxing, folds, addition of a strip of paper at top right (7.5 x 4.5 cm) Provenance: former Civilli collection, annotation on verso "n°72/ga80 della raccolta de Civilli Former Padre Resta collection, his annotation on the front (L.2992) Former Lord Somers collection, its annotation on the reverse "Ga 80" (L.2981) Former Normand collection, its stamp on the lower right (L.153c) Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Piasa, 20 March 2001, n° 37 rep. Former collection of Mr S, his stamp on the lower right on the reverse (Lnr)