Giuseppe Nicola Nassini. Bozzetto. 18th Century. Oil.

Another version sold in Sothebys... Ok the other part "...In 2011, Sotheby's thanked prof. Giancarlo Sestieri for proposing the attribution to Nasini on the basis of a digital photograph. Nasini was inspired by Ciro Ferri's composition on the same subject , from the collection of Franz Joseph I, Prince of Lichtenstein, sold anonymously by Christie's London 29 November 1974, then sold by Sotheby's London on 10 December 1986. Ciro Ferri was the director of the Accademia Granducale delle Arti di Roma when Nasini was studying there In Christ and the Samaritan Woman, Nasini treats the different treatment of the architectural background, the vegetation and the classical buildings in the background. One difference between the two painters can be seen in the figures: the light of the drapery is less vibrant. in Nasini's work, and the treatment is more Nasini's drapery is less vibrant, and the treatment is more classical, with sharper lines and broadly folded drapery. dialogue than Ferri's, with body movements and an absence of eye contact. Indeed, Nasini tends to simplify his master's dramatic compositions. "