Circle of Giovanni Battista Franco, il Semolei (Italian, c.1501-1561)
A woman riding a satyr (possibly a study for Nessus and Dejanira) with a bacchanal with putti below (recto); A design for two architectural niches (verso)
indistinctly inscribed (on the reverse)
pen and brown ink, brown wash, the verso partly incised, watermark two crossed arrows surmounted by a six-point star
11½ x 11 in. (29.3 x 27.9 cm.)
Circle of Giovanni Battista Franco, il Semolei (Italian, c.1501-1561)
A woman riding a satyr (possibly a study for Nessus and Dejanira) with a bacchanal with putti below (recto); A design for two architectural niches (verso)
indistinctly inscribed (on the reverse)
pen and brown ink, brown wash, the verso partly incised, watermark two crossed arrows surmounted by a six-point star
11½ x 11 in. (29.3 x 27.9 cm.)
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