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Giacomo Cavedone (1577-1660)

The head of the Virgin

Charcoal heightened with white oil paint on oiled paper | 34.5 x 26.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905244

The head of the Virgin

Giacomo Cavedone (1577-1660)

The head of the Virgin

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A drawing of the head of the Virgin, inclined downwards and turned half to the right

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.84: as among 'Teste di Cavedone. Although slight yet Drawn with great Fire and Spirit, most as large as life')
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Giacomo Cavedone (1577-1660)
(artist)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Charcoal heightened with white oil paint on oiled paper

Measurements

34.5 x 26.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
References

Other number(s)

RL 5244

K(B) : Kurz, O., 1955, reprinted 1988. Bolognese Drawings of the XVII and XVIII Centuries in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, Italy – K(B) 117

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