BACCIO BANDINELLI | TWO NUDES, ONE HOLDING A CLOTH

BACCIO BANDINELLI
Florence 1493 - 1560
TWO NUDES, ONE HOLDING A CLOTH

Pen and brown ink with partial framing lines at upper margin;
bears numbering, upper right: 22 and bears numbering, lower right on album page: 24
298 by 218 mm; 11¾ by 8⅝ in

Condition Report:
Laid down on album page. There are a number of losses/holes throughout. The figure on the left has a loss by his foot, knee and around his mouth. There is also a loss in the partial figure in the middle. Surface dirt. Pen and brown ink remains strong and vibrant.
Sold unframed.

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Provenance:
Formerly in a portfolio inscribed 'S.2' with the bookplate of Edward, Earl of Powis (Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis of the third creation (1754-1839),

thence by inheritance to his second son, Robert Henry Clive (1789-1854), of Oakly Park, Shropshire, M.P. for South Shropshire,

thence by descent to Robert Windsor-Clive (1824-1859) and his son Robert George, Baron Windsor (1859-1923), for whom the earldom of Plymouth was revived in 1905,

thence by descent,

sale, London, Christie's, Important Old Master Drawings including Property of The Earl of Plymouth, 1 July 1986, lot 110