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Italian School
16th century
Head of an Infant Turned to the Right
Pen and brown ink on paper.
3 3/4 x 3 3/8 inches (95 x 87 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1993.237
Notes:
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Formerly attributed to Baldassarre Peruzzi, Ancaiano, near Siena 1481-1536 Rome.
Inscription on verso attributes this drawing to Guido Reni, Calvenzano or Bologna 1575-1642 Bologna.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso of lining, in red chalk, "del Guido".
Provenance:
Dukes of Savoia-Aosta, Turin (fragment of Lugt Suppl. 47a in lower left corner (?), János Scholz); purchased in Turin in 1951 by János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Peruzzi, Baldassarre, 1481-1536, Formerly attributed to.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642, Formerly attributed to.
Savoy, Dukes of, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
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