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The head of a child holding a pipe
Black and white chalk on grey paper | 38.8 x 27.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 990775
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A drawing of the head and shoulders of a small boy with his face turned three quarters to the left as he looks downwards and to the left. His right shoulder is exposed and he holds a pipe in his right hand.
The subject is supposedly the artist's son, Giacomo (cf. the drawing at Sothebys, 14 January 1992, lot 103; with Thomas Williams, 2010 (cat. 21).Provenance
Probably among those mentioned in Pietro Guarienti's additions to Orlandi's Abecedario (Venice, 1753), p. 280, 'le teste egregiamente fatte a chiaroscuro sono nella galleria doviziosissima del Signor Giuseppe Smith Console Inglese' and acquired by George III from Consul Joseph Smith in 1762
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Medium and techniques
Black and white chalk on grey paper
Measurements
38.8 x 27.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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