Alessandro Spallieri (or Spalliero),Italian, fl.1590s in Rome;A Cavalier holding a flaming torch, mounted on a horse, both wearing luxurious costumes;black chalk, pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper, indistinctly signed 'Alesandro Spaglie' on the reverse, 35 x 25.5. cm.Provenance: A. Viggiano, Venice (1884-1948) (Lugt 191a).; Anthony Powell Esq. (according to an old label attached to the reverse of the frame).; Property of a Lady, Old Lyme, Connecticut sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 1998, lot 108 ($4,250).; The estate of the late designer Anthony Powell.Note: The present drawing resembles the costume designs produced for the masques and ballets of the period, which formed the entertainment for society’s elites in 16th- and 17th-century Europe, particularly recalling the famous designs for Louis XIV’s costume as Apollo by Henri Gissey (c.1621-73).