Study of a seated man
c. 1738–1742
Claudio Francesco Beaumont (Torino, 1694–1766). Study of a seated man. c. 1738–1742. Charcoal on blue paper . //. Private Collection.
Preparatory drawing for the fresco cycle of the Galleria Beaumont at Palazzo Reale, Turin.
Identified by Luca Fiorentino in the context of research on the Beaumont album at Palazzo Madama.
The drawing relates to one of the most significant decorative programmes in eighteenth-century Piedmont.
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