IMPORTANT ITALIAN SCHOOL (16TH CENTURY), HOLY FAMILY AND STUDY Ink and wash on paper, both sides of the sheet. One side depicting Holy Family, dated 1577 and possibly with a signature (faded). In the back have an older drawing, discovered in the 20th Century when the sheet was removed from an old frame
Notes . It is a sketch, datable from ca. 1520, depicting a composition of figures and a male head, possibly made in Florence and being one of the earliest representations in the style of Michelangelo. Losses and defects. Dim.: 28.5x20.8 cm.