1965.393: Head of a Smiling Youth with Curly Hair Facing One Quarter Left

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1965.393

People

Giovanni Agostino da Lodi, Italian (c. 1467 - c. 1524)
Previously attributed to School of Leonardo da Vinci, Italian (Anchiano, Italy 1452 - 1519 Amboise, France)

Title

Head of a Smiling Youth with Curly Hair Facing One Quarter Left

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

15th-16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lombardy

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296313

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

8.4 × 8.3 cm (3 5/16 × 3 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: l.r.: Jonathan Richardson, Sr. (L. 2183)
• watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 3/14/2002.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Jonathan Richardson Sr., London (Lugt 2183). Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, UK. Ruth Teschner; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA, by 1927, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1965

Object Number

1965.393

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 116, p. 71; re fig. 72 as School of Leonardo (Cesare da Sesto?)
• A Special Exhibition of Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, exh. cat., Speed Memorial Museum (Louisville, KY, 1947), cat. no. 4
• William R. Valentiner and William E. Suida, Leonardo da Vinci Loan Exhibition, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA, 1949), cat. no. 89, p. 114, repr. (incorrectly listed as cat. no. 90 under the plates)
• Richard F. Howard, Italian Drawings, Modern Paintings and Treasures from the Vatican: 19th Birmingham Festival of Arts, exh. cat., Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, AL, 1969), cat. no. 13, n.p. as School of Leonardo da Vinci
• Laura Giles, In Leonardo's Shadow: Drawings by his Followers, exh. cat., Spencer Museum of Art (Lawrence, KS, 1986), text and repr. cat. no. 9, n.p.
• Giulio Bora and Luisa Cogliati Arano, Disegni e dipinti leonardeschi dalle collezioni milanesi, exh. cat., Electa (Milan, 1987), under cat. no. 30, p. 83
• Agnes Mongan, Konrad Oberhuber, and Jonathan Bober, The Famous Italian Drawings at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Silvana Editoriale (Milan, Italy, 1988), cat. no. 21, n.p., and pp. 28, 32 and 73, and under cat. no. 23, n.p.repr. color
• Annamaria Petrioli Tofani and Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, Drawing: Vol. 1, Forms, Techniques, Meanings, ed. Gianni Carlo Sciolla, Amilcare Pizzi Editore (Milan, Italy, 1991), repr. color, fig. 255, p. 223
• Patricia Trutty-Coohill and Carlo Pedretti, The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci and His Circle in America, Giunti Editore (Florence, Italy, 1993), p. 15; cat. no. 36, p. 75; color repr., n.p.
• Alessandro Ballarin, Dosso Dossi: La pittura a Ferrara negli anni ducato di Alfonso I, 2 vols., Cittadella (Padua, Italy, 1994 - 1995), vol. 1, fig. 13 (a)
• European Master Drawings, exh. cat., Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox Ltd. (London, England, 1994), under cat. no. 1 and f.n. 6, n.p.
• Edward Saywell, "Guide to Drawing Terms and Techniques", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), vol. VI, no. 2, pp. 30-39, p. 31 under "Collector's mark"
• Edward Saywell, Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques of Old Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1998), vol. 6, no. 2, p. 16; fig. 16, p. 17; no. 28, p. 28

Exhibition History

• A Special Exhibition of Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Speed Memorial Museum, Louisville, KY, 03/02/1947 - 03/30/1947
• Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University (Collected by Paul J. Sachs), Century Club, New York, 05/12/1947 - 09/25/1947
• Leonardo da Vinci Loan Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 06/03/1949 - 07/17/1949
• Italian Old Master Drawings, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, 03/14/1969 - 04/01/1969
• In Leonardo's Shadow: Drawings by his Followers, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, 03/22/1986 - 05/25/1986
• Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques of Old Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/03/1998 - 12/30/1998
• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2017 - 12/12/2017

Subjects and Contexts

• Collection Highlights
• Google Art Project

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