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Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
A study of the head of an old man c.1629-32
Black and white chalk on light brown paper | 37.6 x 23.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905679
Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
A study of the head of an old man c.1629-32
Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647)
A study of the head of an old man c.1629-32
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Recto: a study of the head of a bearded man. Verso: studies of the drapery of two half-length figures; these are probably related to the fresco of Christ Mocked on the ceiling of the left wing, Cappella della Pietà, St Peter's, Rome.
Provenance
Probably acquired by George III in 1762 as part of the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Albani; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1810 (Inv. A, p. 84: 'Study's for various paintings, not above three or four small Compositions in the whole Volume')
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Medium and techniques
Black and white chalk on light brown paper
Measurements
37.6 x 23.8 cm (sheet of paper)
