Italian School, circa 1600Design for a vase, after Polidoro da Caravaggiopen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper32.3x 17.1cm(12 11/16x 6 3/4in).unframedtogether with two additional unframed drawings of vases by different hands (3)For further information on this lot please visit theArtist or Maker: Italian SchoolProvenance: ProvenanceH. Schickman, 1969The Lodewijk Houthakker CollectionPrivate Collection, The NetherlandsLiteratureP. Fuhring,Design into Art, Drawings for Architecture and Ornament, The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection, London, 1989, vol. 1, p.342, cat. no. 526The present work is derived from an engraving by Alberto Cherubino, published in Rome in 1582. It follows the print in outline only with significant differences in the detail. A similar drawing, but in reverse, is in the Royal Academy, London.