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Giacomo Cavedone (1577-1660)
The head of a youth
Charcoal and white chalk on brown oiled paper | 36.7 x 26.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905255
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A study of the head of a youth with thick curly hair, turned to the left and seen from below. This is a preparatory drawing for Cavedone's painting The Return of the Prodigal Son in the collection of the Opera Pia dei Poveri Vergognosi, Bologna.
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')
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Medium and techniques
Charcoal and white chalk on brown oiled paper
Measurements
36.7 x 26.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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