Lot 44: CESARE ROSSETTI | The Last Supper

Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, on reddish washed paper, oval;
bears inscription, verso: Mauro Oddi / La Cene / Vente Kaieman 1859 / Collection Sir J. Reynolds

268 by 190 mm

Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, on reddish washed paper, oval;<br />bears inscription, <em>verso</em>: <em>Mauro Oddi</em> / <em>La Cene</em> / <em>Vente Kaieman 1859</em> / <em>Collection Sir J. Reynolds</em>

Hinge mounted. There is a small loss to the upper right edge of the sheet and a small tear to the lower right section. There is an old horizontal fold mark across the centre of the sheet and some light abrasions to the sheet's extremities. There is an old tear to the upper section of the sheet and a small pin prick hole to the left edge. The white heightening has partially oxidised in places. The pen and ink medium is still strong throughout.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364);
D. Kaïeman, Brussels,
his sale, Paris, 27 April 1858, lot 91 (as Girolamo Marchesi);
Abbé Thuliez (L.2395b);
sale, New York, Christie's, 24 January 2001, lot 26 (as Roman School, late 16th Century)