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Donato Creti (1671-1749)
Five heads
Pen and ink | 17.6 x 13.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 903795
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A sheet of five studies of heads: two of Christ, turned to the right; an old bearded man in a fur-lined cap, turned to the left; a smaller head of an old bearded man, turned to the right; two heads of infants, turned to the left and inclined downwards. Inscribed below this drawing, on the mount: Di Donato Creti.
On the same mount as RCIN 903794, two male headsProvenance
Probably acquired by George III from the collection of Consul Joseph Smith c.1762; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-20
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Pen and ink
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17.6 x 13.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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RL 3795Alternative title(s)
Sketches (heads of Christ, an oriental, an old man and two children) [historic title]
