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Italian School
15th century
Head of a Monk in Profile to the Left
ca. 1475-1500
Black and white chalk with smudging, on light brown paper cut to octagon shape.
10 7/16 x 9 3/4 inches (265 x 247 mm; maximum dimensions)
Thaw Collection.
1976.43
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Watermark: none.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "Titiano Vecel".
Provenance:
Jon Nicholas Streep, New York; Eugene V. and Clare Thaw, New York.
Associated names:
Streep, Jon Nicholas, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography:
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 209, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 4, repr. (North Italian School, 15th century, Profile Head of a Monk)
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 270-271.
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