Simone Cantarini 17th.Century Italian School Red Chalk Drawing Figure Studies Circa.1640 Social History "Decoration" The rare original etching

"Decoration" The rare original etching titled signed and numbered by the artist 1/55

5 by 46 cms overall

Agar was an English portrait painter and engraver

5 1805 by WB Walker Snow Hill London

Century gilded gessoed wooden slip 22

Simone Cantarini 17th.Century Italian School Red Chalk Drawing Figure Studies Circa.1640 Social History "Decoration" The rare original etchingAttr. Simone Cantarini called Il Pesarese. 1612 1648. Italian School 17th. Century. Red chalk figure studies. 17. 5 by 11. 5 cms. Image. 28 by 23. 5 cms framed overall. Simon Cantarini or Simon da Pesaro, "Il Pesarese," was born at Pesaro in the Papal States. Very little is known of his early training he may have been a pupil of Giovanni Pandolfi. He is known to have studied in Venice under Sante Peranda and later under Claudio Ridolfi. Stylistically