Workshop Of Bartolomeo Passarotti Bolognese School 16th.Century Pen And Ink Drawing Circa.1560 Bunbury Henry Thomas Alken 1785-1851

Henry Thomas Alken 1785-1851

a soldier wearing large riding boots

He studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1782 and left for Italy in 1786 to study the Italian Old Masters

Drawn on laid paper further study of drapery to reverse

The engravings of Frederick Carter have always been considered to be the artist’s greatest works

Workshop Of Bartolomeo Passarotti Bolognese School 16th.Century Pen And Ink Drawing Circa.1560 Bunbury Henry Thomas Alken 1785-1851Workshop of Bartolomeo Passarotti 1528 1592. Italian School 16th. Century Pen and ink drawing. Study of a bearded figure holding a book. Drawn on laid paper laid onto mount, chamfering to corners. 10 by 27 cms. Bartolomeo Passarotti was born at Bologna. His last name meaning 'little sparrows' (many of his works are signed with a drawing of a little bird). Training first in Bologna and later in Rome with an architect and then with Taddeo Zuccaro.