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Follower of Leonardo da Vinci
Lot 226

Follower of Leonardo da Vinci

Caricatures of an old woman, wearing a carnation as a corsage, an old man wearing a cap, an old man with his mouth open, and an old woman shouting

Closed8 December 2011

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GBP 8,125

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Follower of Leonardo da Vinci
Caricatures of an old woman, wearing a carnation as a corsage, an old man wearing a cap, an old man with his mouth open, and an old woman shouting
pen and brown ink, unframed
8 x 5 7/8 in. (20.2 x 15 cm.)

Specialist note

Copies after four drawings which were originally at Chatsworth. The original of the caricature at top left, which was sold in the Chatsworth sale in these Rooms, 3 July 1984, lot 22, is now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (inv. 74585). The originals of those at top right, lower left and lower right all remain at Chatsworth (invs. 822C, 825B and 825A respectively; M. Jaffé, The Devonshire Collection of Italian Drawings, London, 1994).