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Drawing

late 16th century - early 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Gentileschi, Orazio Lomi (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Old man's head, life size, three-quarters, turned to the right; Red chalk.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Red chalk
Red Chalk
Drawing
Brief description
Gentileschi, Orazio Lomi; Old man's head, life size, three-quarters, turned to the right; Red chalk; Italian; Late 16th - early 17th century.
Physical description
Old man's head, life size, three-quarters, turned to the right; Red chalk.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.8in
  • Width: 8.7in
Original measurement of object converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Florentine School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Collection unknown - A scroll.
Subject depicted
Man's Head
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume I. 14th-16th century, London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1979, p. 225. The text is as follows: SIENA: late 16th century 502 Head of a bearded man Inscribed on the back in red chalk ‘A. Gentelischi’, with another word, too faint to be read; on the mount an inscription in pencil giving an account of the life of Orazio Gentileschi in Dutch Red chalk 11 ¾ x 8 5/8 (299 x 219) Dyce 171 PROVEANCE J. Pz. Zoomer (Lugt 1511); Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 171 (as by Orazio Gentileschi) The attribution to Orazio Gentileschi has been kept till lately, though the old inscription, on which the attribution is presumably based, gives the artist’s initial as A, evidently referring to Artemisis rather than Orazio. It seems unlikely tha the drawing is by wither artist. It look earlier in date and there are signs of Barocci’s influence in it.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.171

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Record createdSeptember 9, 2009
Record URL
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