Corrado Giaquinto Mid 18th.Century Neapolitan School Red Chalk Study Art Deco making drawings for a wide

making drawings for a wide range of books that exploited Rowlandson’s range for lyrical topography and gentle caricature

Century rosewood frames

4 by 13 cms

Decorated with A

Lady in bonnet and fur trimmed cape

Corrado Giaquinto Mid 18th.Century Neapolitan School Red Chalk Study Art Deco making drawings for a wideCorrado Giaquinto 1703 1766 Neapolitan School Mid 18th. Century Red chalk drawing on blue grey laid paper. Study of a figure with an outstretched arm. Faint pencil inscription lower left "di corrado," further drawing to reverse, a study of a sleeping figure touched by an Angel. Slight waterstain to right hand side, light foxing and creasing to sheet to no real detriment. 26. 5 by 19. 8 cms. Born in Molfetta, near Bari, Giaquinto trained in Naples and