Biliverti (Giovanni, 1585-1644) Saint Bernard of Clairvaux holding the Cross, black chalk heightened with white, on light brown laid paper with watermark of a crowned eagle with initials VC, counterproof of a figure in red chalk verso, 354 x 224 mm. (13 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.), under glass.

Provenance:

Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 6 July 1976, lot 22 (as Circle of Fra Bartolommeo);
Baron Paul Hatvany (1899-1977);
His sale, Christie's London 1980, 24 June, lot 23 (as Florentine School, circa 1600);
Professor Raymond E. Pahl, FBA, (1935-2011), thence by descent;
Crispian Riley-Smith, Yorkshire;
Anonymous sale, London.

⁂ The re-attribution of this drawing to Biliverti, and its possible connection to his Pisan altarpiece (specifically the side panel of the high altar for the Church of San Giusto dei Cappuccini), were established in written communication from Rick Scorza to Crispian Riley-Smith , in 2007.