Francesco De Mura (Naples, 1696-1782)
Perseus and Medusa
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash on paper with watermark device
8¾ x 15¼ in. (221 x 387 mm.)
Francesco De Mura (Naples, 1696-1782)
Perseus and Medusa
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash on paper with watermark device
8¾ x 15¼ in. (221 x 387 mm.)
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London 23 March 1971, lot 196 (as Circle of Solimena, Perseus about to cut off Medusa's head, watched by Minerva).
with Adolphe Stein and Lorna Lowe, London, where acquired by the current owner, 1972.
London, Adolphe Stein and Lorna Lowe, Old Master Drawings, 1972, no. 27.