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Italian School

17th century

Head of a Bearded Man. Verso: study of arms and drapery

Charcoal or black chalk, with white chalk, on paper; incised with stylus; verso: trials in black chalk, with white chalk.

12 5/16 x 9 7/16 inches (312 x 239 mm)

Gift of Janos Scholz.

1992.132

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Notes:

Probably a study for the head of Christ.
Formerly attributed to Giovanni Lanfranco, 1582-1647.

Inscription:

Faint inscription at lower right in black chalk or graphite(?), "Lafrancho . . . (?)"; inscribed on verso near lower right in pen and brown ink, "Lafrancho".
Watermark: Indecipherable, possibly cock's comb.

Provenance:

Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (no mark; see Lugt S. 1860c); acquired in Turin in 1951 by Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).

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Associated names:

Lanfranco, Giovanni, 1582-1647, Formerly attributed to.
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

The Life of Christ : Drawings from the János Scholz Collection : Italian Drawings from the 16th through the 18th Century. Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, 1964, no. 29, repr.
Art in Italy, 1600-1700. Detroit : Institute of Art, 1965, 96, no. 95, repr.
Scholz, Janos. One Hundred Italian Drawings from the 14th to the 18th Centuries from the János Scholz Collection. New York : New School Art Center, 1971, no. 47, repr.

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