Follower of Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, called Il Sodoma (Vercelli 1477-1549 Siena) A group of standing women, one holding a child with inscription 'sodoma' black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, touches of white heightening, touches of green and blue watercolour 14 ¾ x 8 ½ in. (37.4 x 21.5 cm.) Provenance Possibly Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery (1584-1650) or Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery ( circa 1656-1733), Wilton House, and by descent; Sotheby's, London, 5-6 and 9-10 July 1917, lot 345. Henry Oppenheimer (1859-1932), London; Christie's, London, 10-14 July 1936, lot 177 (where bought by Tancred Borenius for Lord Harewood). Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.
Follower of Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, called Il Sodoma (Vercelli 1477-1549 Siena) A group of standing women, one holding a child with inscription 'sodoma' black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, touches of white heightening, touches of green and blue watercolour 14 ¾ x 8 ½ in. (37.4 x 21.5 cm.) Provenance Possibly Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery (1584-1650) or Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery ( circa 1656-1733), Wilton House, and by descent; Sotheby's, London, 5-6 and 9-10 July 1917, lot 345. Henry Oppenheimer (1859-1932), London; Christie's, London, 10-14 July 1936, lot 177 (where bought by Tancred Borenius for Lord Harewood). Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.
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