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Mercury by 
																	Giovanni Battista Trotti

Giovanni Battista Trotti

( Italian, 1555 - 1619 )

Mercury

PRICE SOLD

LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pen and brown ink and grey wash, squared for transfer in red chalk

Measurements:

9.69 in. (24.60 cm.) (height) by 7.28 in. (18.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

bears old attribution to Malosso on fragment of old mount: Trotti Cav: Gio: Batista detto il Malosso;bears inscription in pen and brown ink, verso: Trotti detto Il / Cavaglier Malosso

Exhibited:

Newcastle, 1974, no. 39; London, 1975, no. 27

Literature:

M. Di Giampaolo, 'Per il Malosso Disegnatore,' Arte Illustrata, no. 57, March 1974, pp. 21, 31, fig. 38

Provenance:

Sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 March 1973, lot 242, purchased by Ralph Holland

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