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Giacomo Cavedone (1577-1660)
The head of Bacchus
Black chalk heightened with white on grey-blue paper | 28.2 x 20.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905290
Giacomo Cavedone (1577-1660)
The head of Bacchus
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A drawing of the bearded head of Bacchus, smiling, and turned three quarters to the left; wearing a wreath of ivy berries in his hair.
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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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Black chalk heightened with white on grey-blue paper
Measurements
28.2 x 20.0 cm (sheet of paper)
