Daniele Crespi Study for the Dead Christ. Brush and brown ink on cream laid paper mounted on laid paper, circa 1623 130 x 285 mm 5.125x 11.25inches Ex-collection unknown collector ink stamp with the initials VLV verso not in Lugt and J Nichols Streep

Daniele Crespi Study for the Dead Christ. Brush and brown ink on cream laid paper mounted on laid paper, circa 1623 130 x 285 mm 5.125x 11.25inches Ex-collection unknown collector ink stamp with the initials VLV verso not in Lugt and J Nichols Streep With inscriptionsin ink by an early hand verso on the mount Likely a preparatory drawing got the Christo Morto 1623 Basilica do S Giovanni Busto Arsizio See Franci Testoni Daniele Crespi nelle Raccolte Private Milan 1988 p 30