Pencil and chalk on paper, signed lower right, the subject ably represented in the manner of an Old Master and presented in an octagonal gilt wooden frame with UV protective glass.

Frame dimensions 9-1/4 x 9-1/4 in.

Clark Art, Raleigh gallery label on verso

Born in Naples, Italy, Matania became a British subject in 1935. He was a member of the United Society of Artists, the Society of Graphic Fine Art and Associate of the Society of Equestrian Artists.

Not examined out of the frame.