Lot 8: Pietro Faccini (Bologna 1560-1602) A reclining male youth, his torso bare red chalk, the top corners cut, watermark shield with a flower (?) 9 ¼ x 13 in. (23.5 x 33 cm)

Pietro Faccini (Bologna 1560-1602)
A reclining male youth, his torso bare
with inscription 'Coreggio'
red chalk, the top corners cut, watermark shield with a flower (?)
9 ¼ x 13 in. (23.5 x 33 cm)

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), London (L. 2364), and by descent to his niece, Mary Palmer, later Marchioness of Thomond
The posthumous Reynolds sales, London; A. C. de Poggi, 26 May 1794 et seq., or London, H. Phillips, 5-26 March 1798.
Possibly Major H.E. Morritt, Rokeby Park, Barnard Castle, Yorkshire, England, and by descent to
John Bacon Sawrey Morritt (circa 1772-1843), Rokeby Park, and (presumably) by descent to Robin Morritt.
Ian Woodner (1903-1990), New York; Christie's, London, 2 July 1991, lot 105.
with Colnaghi, An Exhibition of Master Drawings, London, 1992, no. 18, where purchased by
James Fairfax (1933-2017), Bowral, New South Wales.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 27 January 2010, lot 111.