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Drawing

16th - 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Reni, Guido (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Study of the head of a beardless man, life-size, the face nearly in profile, and with a devout expression, the eyes being raised upwards; Black chalk on grey paper, heightened with white.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Black chalk on grey paper, heightened with white
Black Chalk
Grey Paper
Drawing
Heightening
Brief description
Reni, Guido (ascribed to); Study of the head of a beardless man, life-size, the face nearly in profile, and with a devout expression, the eyes being raised upwards; Black chalk on grey paper, heightened with white; Bolognese School; 16th - 17th century.
Physical description
Study of the head of a beardless man, life-size, the face nearly in profile, and with a devout expression, the eyes being raised upwards; Black chalk on grey paper, heightened with white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8in
  • Width: 7.9in
Original measurements 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
Bolognese School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subject depicted
Man
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 Two: 17th-18th Century , London, 1979, p.60 , cat. n. 735, illus. The following is the full text of the entry: ? LANFRANCO, GIOVANNI (1582-1647) 735 Study of a woman's head in profile, with up-turned eyes Inscribed in ink in an old hand 'Guido' Black chalk heightened with white on grey paper 11 1/8 x 7 7/8 (283 x 199) Dyce 327 PROVENANCE Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 327 (as anonymous 'ascribed to Guido Reni') The old attribution to Reni is not convincing. The drawing is reminiscent of Lanfranco. The head of the Virgin in his painting of the Annunciation in the Hermitage, Leningrad, is similar, though younger and more feminine. See Erich Schleier on Lanfranco in The Burlington Magazine 104, 1962, p. 252, fig. 24).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.327

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Record createdSeptember 15, 2009
Record URL
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