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Giacomo Cavedone (1577-1660)
The head of the Christ Child c. 1614
Black chalk heightened with white, on grey-green paper | 36.5 x 25.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905285
Giacomo Cavedone (1577-1660)
The head of the Christ Child c. 1614
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A drawing of the head of a child looking over its left shoulder, turned three quarters to the left. This is probably a study for the Christ Child in The Virgin and Child with St Eligius and St Petronius, in the Pinacoteca, Bologna. For a version of this study, see RCIN 902252. For a study of the Virgin in this altarpiece, see RCIN 905248.
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
Black chalk heightened with white, on grey-green paper
Measurements
36.5 x 25.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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