LUDOVICO CARRACCI (Bologna 1555-1619 Bologna) St. Luke.
Red chalk with traces of black chalk and heightened with white chalk on tan laid paper, double-sided, circa 1585-88. 272x244 mm; 10 3/4x9 1/2 inches. With a study of male nude in pencil, verso.
Provenance: Aldega-Gordon, New York; private collection, Chicago; acquired by above from Swann Auction Galleries, January 25, 2006, sale 2064, lot 43.
Published: Bohn, Ludovico Carracci and the Art of Drawing, London, 2004, pages 122 and 123, number 21.
