Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619)

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Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619)

The Adoration of the Shepherds

black chalk, pen and brown ink heightened with white, on reddish-brown prepared paper
275 x 285mm.
Provenance
Sagredo-Borghese, with inscription 'S.B. 85' on the backing

Lot Essay

Comparable with a drawing of around 1605-10, also on reddish prepared paper, formerly in the Ellesmere Collection, Sotheby's, 11 July 1972, lot 19, illustrated. A drawing of the same subject by Ludovico was sold at Christie's, Monaco, 15 June 1990, lot 73, illustrated

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