PIETRO ANTONIO NOVELLI (Venice 1729-1804 Venice) A Young Woman Washing Linen.
Pen and black ink and gray wash on cream laid paper. 377x288 mm; 14 7/8x11 3/8 inches. Inscribed "Merivieschi invento" in brown ink, lower right recto, and annotated "La Meneghina presto xè Novizza, Cussi la lava, e piu no la se instizza" in ink, lower center recto. Large coat-of-arms watermark.
Sold Christie's, Paris, March 18, 2004, lot 48; private collection, New York.
