Bartolozzi, Francesco (1727-1817; Italian), attributed to
Study of Figures
Red chalk, c. 30.5 x 22.9 cm
Gift of Eliezer Montefiore, 1869
Unidentified; present location unknown
This was one of several Old Master drawings documented as donated to the NGV in 1869 by Montefiore, an avid supporter of both the Melbourne and Sydney galleries in their infancy (for details, see linked entry on him).
Refs.
NGV 1894, V.ii.18; NGV 1905, V.ii.19 (size given as 12 x 9 inches)
See Draffin “Montefiore” (1987), pp.103-4