Lot 392: AVANZINO NUCCI

CITTÀ DI CASTILLO 1551 - 1629 ROME MARTYRDOM OF ST. STEPHEN Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk 328 by 218 mm

Sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 July 1985, lot 31, purchased by Ralph Holland

As Ralph Holland's notes indicate, another study by Avanzino Nucci for the same composition was sold London, Christie's, 12 April 1983, lot 36. Both are highly finished studies, but the drawing sold at Christie's is squared for transfer in black chalk, suggesting that it was the final modello for the commission.