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Giacomo Cavedone (1577-1660)
The head of a youthful saint
Charcoal and white chalk on brown oiled paper | 34.9 x 25.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905272
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A drawing of the head of a youth with long curly hair, perhaps intended as a saint (St John the Evangelist?); inclined to the left, looking up with a troubled expression.
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
34.9 x 25.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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