Live Auction 17994Old Master & British Drawings Including Works from the Collection of Jean Bonna
Michelangelo Anselmi (Lucca ca. 1492-1556 Parma)
Lot 2

Michelangelo Anselmi (Lucca ca. 1492-1556 Parma)

Head of a putto

Closed28 January 2020

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Michelangelo Anselmi (Lucca ca. 1492-1556 Parma)
Head of a putto
red chalk
5 ¼ x 4 ¾ in. (13.3 x 12.1 cm)

Robert L. Manning (1924-1996) and Bertina Suida (1922-1992), New York.
Private collection, USA.

Specialist note

This expressive drawing is closely comparable to the putti featured in the cartoon for Parma Cathedral from 1548, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. 2013.117). Cut from a larger sheet, it was probably made in preparation for the same project. The attribution to Anslemi was first proposed by David Ekserjian and confirmed by Elisabetta Fadda to the present owner.