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Artist/Maker(s): Valerio Castello (Italian, 1624 - 1659)
Culture: Italian
Date: about 1645
Medium: Pen and blackish brown ink and light brown wash, heightened with white gouache
Dimensions: 13 x 15.9 cm (5 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions: Inscribed near the bottom left corner in brown ink, Parmigiano. The reverse of the old mount carries a large cursive inscription, upper center, in the hand previously believed to be that of William Kent, also in brown ink, Parmigiano. This is now thought to be the hand of the first earl of Leicester's mounter and framer, the Huguenot gilder and framer Thomas Pelletier. Numbered in the center in black chalk, 8.
SKU: 200384
