SIENESE ARTIST, late 16th century ST. BERNARDINO RESTORING TO LIFE A YOUNG MAN WOUNDED BY AN ENRAGED BULL Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces in black chalk: 185 x 254 mm. Inscribed in pencil by a modern hand 'Ventura Salimbeni / Vedi disegno nella Galleria / Uffizi Firenze' PROVENANCE: Dubini-Hoepli; Finarte, Milan, 1974, Catalogue 194, lot 93, illustrated tav. XXV, as Ventura Salimbeni. In the Finarte catalogue the drawing was also described as coming from Santo Varni collection.
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