PELLEGRINO TIBALDI (Italian, 1527-1596) Seated Male Nude.
Pen and brown ink and wash over pencil on cream laid paper. 217x320 mm; 8 5/8x12 5/8 inches. Inscribed "Tibaldi" in ink, center right recto. Shield watermark.
A preparatory study for a fresco in the Saletta di Ulisse, Palazzo Poggi, Bologna, circa 1569-1570.
