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Bernardo Strozzi
1581-1644
Head of Christ. Verso: Bust of a Woman Wearing a Crown; a Sculptured Head; and a Nude Figure Carrying Another
Black, red and white chalk, on light brown paper.
15 5/8 x 10 1/4 inches (396 x 262 mm)
Purchased on the Fellows Fund.
1973.1
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Watermark: Crossbow in a circle, surmounted by trefoil. Watermark, beta radiograph. circle, crossbow, trefoil. 142705wm_1973_1_WM_beta.jpg
Study for "Christ and the Woman of Samaria", the painting now in the Bob Jones University Museum, Greenville, South Carolina.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso at upper right, in pen and brown ink, "P.G. no. 50".
Provenance:
Unidentified collector, Venice (Lugt S. 2103a); Maurice Marignane (Lugt 1872); Seiferheld Gallery, New York.
Associated names:
Marignane, Maurice, 1879-1956, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 182.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Major Acquisitions of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1924-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1974. Vol. 2: Drawings, no. 12, repr.
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