Gian Girolamo Savoldo

Download image: 
Gian Girolamo Savoldo
b ca. 1480
Head and Shoulders of a Bearded Man
Black and white chalk, with brown wash, on blue paper; outlines pricked for transfer.
10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (267 x 193 mm)
Gift of Benjamin Sonnenberg.
1977.61
Notes: 

Watermark: none.
Corners cropped diagonally.

Provenance: 
John B. Skippe (1742-1811; see Lugt 1529 a-b); his sale, London, Christie's, 21 November 1958, lot 194, repr.; Benjamin Sonnenberg, New York.
Associated names: 

Skippe, John B., 1742-1811, former owner.
Sonnenberg, Benjamin, 1901-1978, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 292.

School: 
Century: 
Classification: 
Department: