Studies of heads, children's limbs and a hand
Drawing
ca. 1700-64 (made)
ca. 1700-64 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Black chalk studies, slightly heightened with white, depicting limbs, heads and a hand
Object details
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| Title | Studies of heads, children's limbs and a hand (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Black chalk slightly heightened with white |
| Brief description | Black chalk studies of heads, children's limbs and a hand, by Sebastiano Conca. Italy, ca. early 18th century. |
| Physical description | Black chalk studies, slightly heightened with white, depicting limbs, heads and a hand |
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| Bibliographic reference | Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume II. 17th-18th century, London, 1979, p. 132, illus. The following is the full text of the entry:
CONCA, SEBASTIANO (1680-1764)
990
Studies of heads, children's limbs and a hand
Black chalk slightly heightened with white
8 3/4 x 11 (222 x 280) D.2268-1885
PROVENANCE Bought 1885
Though bought six years after nos. 991, 992 and 993 [related drawings’ museum numbers: 8505C, 8505B, and 8505A], it came from the same dealer and carried the same incorrect attribution to A. R. Mengs, which suggests that the four drawings, obviously by the same hand, had been together in a group. None of the drawings is by Mengs. Dr S. Rottgen has suggested a tentative attribution to Conca. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.2268-1885 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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