After Nicolò dell'Abate, 16th Century A group of musicians, design for a spandrel black chalk on laid paper 25 x 28cm (9 13/16 x 11in). Footnotes: Provenance Richard Cosway (L.628) Addison Francis Baker-Cresswell (1874-1921), Northumberland. Given by him to Dorothy Winkworth, and later passed to her daughter Mary Winkworth, later Mrs G.W. Wrangham (c.1903-1933), and thence by descent through the family. Exhibited Edinburgh, The Merchants' Hall, Italian 16th-Century Drawings from British Private Collections, arranged by The Scottish Arts Council, 23 August-13 September 1969, no. 33 (as Emilian School, late 16th Century). Literature G. Godi, Nicolò dell'Abate e la presunta attivita del Parmigianino a Soragna, Parma 1976, p. 17, as by dell'Abate. S. Béguin & F. Piccinini, Nicolò dell'Abate: storie dipinte nella pittura del Cinquecento fra Modena e Fontainebleau, exh. cat., Modena, Foro Boario, 2005, cited under no. 185. The present drawing is after dell'Abate's original design for the Rocca of Scandiano. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing