The head of a bearded man 1600-50

Red chalk on dirty paper | 26.2 x 17.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905401

Italian School, Bolognese, 17th century

Description

The head of an old bearded man, profile left.
Claimed by M. Calogero ('Drawing Tradition: Malvasia, Alfonso Lombardi and the use of models in Bologna', Master Drawings, LIX, 2021, pp. 193-208) to be drawn by a follower of Guido Reni, from a cast of the head of an apostle in Alfonso Lombardi's Death of the Virgin ensemble in Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna.
Note on mount by Catherine Legrand-Loisel (undated), 'near Sacchi?'.
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Attributed to the school of
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Attributed to the school of
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Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Red chalk on dirty paper

Measurements

26.2 x 17.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
References

Other number(s)

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) 749

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 – RL 5401

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