
Luca CarlevariisItalian, 1663–1730May one see it?
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
A study of a man, seen from behind, wearing a brown cloak and broad-brimmed black hat.This work is part of an album of fifty-three sketches by Carlevarijs which includes figures he appears to have painted in the open air in preparation for insertion into formal compositions. This figure reappears in the centre foreground for example in The Piazetta from the Waterfront now in the Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, California.
Victoria and Albert Museum