Antonio Balestra (Verona, 1666-1740)
Saint Francis Xavier
with inscription 'Balestra' on the mount
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white on paper
9 5/8 x 10¼ in. (245 x 261 mm.)
Antonio Balestra (Verona, 1666-1740)
Saint Francis Xavier
with inscription 'Balestra' on the mount
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white on paper
9 5/8 x 10¼ in. (245 x 261 mm.)
Sir Robert Mond (L. 2813a).
Acquired by the present owner, 1968.
T. Borenius and R. Wittkower, Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings by the Old Masters formed by Sir Robert Mond, London, London, 1938, no. 7 (as 'Half-length figure of a saint emptying water from an oyster shell, and holding a crucifix in his left hand').
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