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SIGNED WITH INITIALS AND INSCRIBED 'NAPOLI MUSEO'
BLACK CHALK AND WATERCOLOUR WITH BODYCOLOUR
5 X 5 3/4 INCHES
INDIRECTLY, THIS IS A SOUVENIR OF VELAZQUEZ'S PAINTING, LOS BORRACHOS (THE TOPERS), PAINTED IN 1626-28. THOUGH BRABAZON SAW AND COPIED THE ORIGINAL, WHICH IS IN THE PRADO, IN MADRID, HIS DRAWING HERE, OF THE THREE HEADS TO THE RIGHT OF BACCHUS, WAS MADE FROM A VERY GOOD PASTEL COPY OF VELAZQUEZ'S PAINTING IN THE MUSEO DI CAPODIMONTE, IN NAPLES.
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