Lot 217: * ERCOLE GRAZIANI, THE YOUNGER 1688 - 1765 STANDING NUDE MALE FIGURE

SIGNED AND DATED (MAKER'S MARKS) MATERIAL/MEDIUM red chalk on paper DETAILED DESCRIPTION signed dell' cavre Graziani, inscribed Bolognese and dated 1748 lower left PROVENANCE William Schab, New York Acquired from the above, 1987 CATALOGUE NOTE This work may be a study for the figure of St. John, in the painting Baptism of Christ, in the Church of S. Pietro, Bologna.

<p>20in. by 13in. (50.8cm by 33cm)</p>