Pompeo BATONI (Lucques 1708 – Rome 1787) Lot n° 46

Study of drapery on a female bust with a reprise Sanguine on beige tinted paper 21,8 x 14 cm Annotated "Mengs" lower right. Right and bottom edges irregular, slightly insolate, stain in the upper right corner. Study for the woman at the foot of the idol in "The Idolatry of Solomon", a painting in a private collection (see E.P. Bowron, Pompeo Batoni, a complete catalogue of his paintings, 2016, ed. The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, vol.)