Hands Parting, Man Flying, Curious Old Ink Drawing with Collaged Photo antique mended school slate with no tears or loose

with no tears or loose seams or losses

I realized it is quite an excellent one in that regard too

Great patina and indestructible

I am not certain of the artist as the only mark on the bottom is "1642 Italy" and I have not found its match

Hands Parting, Man Flying, Curious Old Ink Drawing with Collaged Photo antique mended school slate with no tears or looseA curious little ink drawing, with these two hands seeming to have just tugged at either end of something, launching a small exposition or gust or cloud burst that has sent the twisted up man at top into flight, cane in hand. Everything is hand drawn but for his head, which is a tiny cutout and pasted on photograph, in which he wears a cap with chin strap that makes him look a little like a bell hop. Perhaps the narrative is that he is at the beck and