79/5655 Anonymous (17th cent., Italian school). (Circumcision of Jesus Christ in the temple). Drawing, pen and brown ink, heightened w. white, pencil underdrawing, 23x41cm.

- Browned (unevenly) and foxed; laid down, closed holes in lower part; lower right corner worn away and repaired with part of another drawing showing a semi-nude sitting man.

= With the collector's marks of R. Lamponi (Lugt 1760, act. 2nd half 19th cent.) and unidentified collector (Lugt 609, sometimes attributed to the Belgian industrialist Charles Henri Marcellis). With a later (plausible) attribution on verso to Anton Domenico Gabbiani. According to Lugt several drawings were bought by Lamponi from the alleged Marcellis.