Pen and brown ink, black chalk; brown, grey and pink washes; 390 x 503 mm. Signed and dated Enrico Tempestini / 1846 bottom right corner.
PROVENANCE: Orazio Batelli (Panzano 1810 - Florence 1868), with his mount and inventory stamp PATR. BATELLI / Disegni / Cartella III / n. 196.
The Batelli collection was mainly composed of drawings by neoclassical and romantic artists. Most of the drawings were purchased in 1979 by the GDSU of Florence. See Carlo Sisi, Disegni dell'Ottocento dalla collezione Batelli, Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi, Florence, 1987.