16th century ITALIAN COLLECTION, entourage of Bernardo BUONTALENTI Study for a dancer's costume Pen, brown ink and watercolor. Numbered lower center "37" and annotated lower right "sicariero". (Slightly oiled, small stains, small needle hole top center and small folds, drawing lined). 25 x 17 cm The dancer's posture can be found in other drawings by Buontalenti, notably in volume 1 of the two dummy albums held in Florence at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (Pal.C.B. 53 vol. I, pl. 57, 126, 132).