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Recto: the head of a woman. Verso: a high priest
Charcoal heightened with white | 33.5 x 23.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 902258

Giacomo Cavedone (1577-1660)
Recto: the head of a woman. Verso: a high priest

Giacomo Cavedone (1577-1660)
Recto: the head of a woman. Verso: a high priest


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Recto: the head of a woman, tilted to the right, looking up and turned three quarters to the left. Verso: a high priest, half length, turned three quarters to the right with his hands at his chest. From the Carracci volumes.
Provenance
Consul Joseph Smith; from whom bought by George III c.1760; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-20 (Inv.A. p.77: among '46 Studies of Heads' attributed to Annibale Carracci and his school)
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Medium and techniques
Charcoal heightened with white
Measurements
33.5 x 23.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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