8 - Attributed to Carlo PORTELLI (Loro Ciuffenna 1510 – Florence 1574)

Attributed to Carlo PORTELLI (Loro Ciuffenna 1510 – Florence 1574) The Fall of Phaeton Pen, brown ink, brown wash, and highlights in white gouache over black pencil lines. Dated “1544 or 1575?” in the lower left corner, with a note on the reverse in black pencil indicating a previous attribution: “Parmigianino, known as the Parmesan, The Fall of Apollo’s Chariot, at the Rousseau.” (Drawn on double-layered paper; small losses and tears restored on the lower right edge). 18.3 x 17.6 cm An eclectic and refined artist, Portelli contributed to the work on the Studiolo of Francesco I de’ Medici. For comparison, see: Annamaria Petrioli Tofani and Graham Smith, *Sixteenth-century Tuscan Drawings from the Uffizi*, Oxford University Press, 1988, no. 44, reproduced.