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Lot 3408* - A218 Old Master Drawings - Friday, 18. September 2026, 11.00 AM

GIOVANNI BATTISTA CARACCIOLO

(circa 1575 Naples 1635)
Study of a hand. After 1615.
Pen and brown ink.
18.9 × 11.9 cm.

Provenance:
- Probably Hayter collection, no. 473 (verso inscribed).
- Japanese private collection.
- Auction Mainichi, Tokyo, 14 October 2017, lot 982.
- Japanese private collection, acquired at the above auction.

Exhibited:
Kitakyushu 1981, Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Kitakyushu Museum of Art, 6 June–5 July 1981, no. 25, as Giovanni Battista Caracciolo.

Literature:
Exh. cat. Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Kitakyushu 1981, p. 130, no. 25 (with ill.), as Giovanni Battista Caracciolo.

We thank Dr Stefano Causa for confirming the authenticity of this work on the basis of a photograph.

CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)

Sold for CHF 6 250 (including buyer's premium)