recto: sketch of seated muscular man, with long curly hair and long white beard; head turned toward left, looking upward; PR arm across body, holding book (?) on table at right; drapery across lap; verso: curvilinear lines, script?

Study of a Male Saint Writing, c. 1618-1620

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Details
Title
Study of a Male Saint Writing
Artist Life
(Bologna), 1591–1666
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2012.58.103
Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, July 6, 1982, no. 39, for £2,200, to Richard Day; [Richard Day, London, until 1983; sold July 8, for £4,500, to Moir]; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (1983-d. 2010; bequeathed to Mia)
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recto: sketch of seated muscular man, with long curly hair and long white beard; head turned toward left, looking upward; PR arm across body, holding book (?) on table at right; drapery across lap; verso: curvilinear lines, script?