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Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-Bologna 1642)
The face of a bearded man c.1600-40
Red chalk | 15.0 x 10.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903310
Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-Bologna 1642)
The face of a bearded man c.1600-40
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A drawing of the face of an old bearded man, profile left. This was claimed by M. Calogero ('Drawing Tradition: Malvasia, Alfonso Lombardi and the use of models in Bologna', Master Drawings, LIX, 2021, pp. 193-208) to be drawn from a cast of the head of an apostle in Alfonso Lombardi's Death of the Virgin ensemble in Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna.
Inscribed in an old hand Guido.Provenance
Listed in George III’s Inventory A, c.1800-20: p. 79, ‘Guido &c. Tom. 3’, among '15 heads of Guido’.
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Red chalk
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15.0 x 10.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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