Mattia Jona La Portantina +39 02 8053315 mattjona@mattiajona.com


 
ANONYMOUS VENETIAN ARTIST
(mid sixteenth century)
STUDY FOR A WALL DECORATION

Pen with brown ink, washed in brown. On paper with watermark Cardinal's hat with trefoil. See Briquet nos. from 3413 to 3418, second quarter/half of the 16th century.
209 x 295 mm

PROVENANCE: unidentified collector mark at bottom

Our drawing shows the characteristics of Veronese draugtmanship at the middle of the 16th century. The watermark also refers to that area. I thank Alessandro Salamone for his suggestions in this direction.