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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.42
People
Guido Reni, Italian (Bologna 1575 - 1642 Bologna)
Title
Head of a Bearded Man
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th-17th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296792

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black, red and white chalk on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
29.2 x 21.7 cm (11 1/2 x 8 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hudson (Lugt 2432). Charles Rogers (Lugt 624) sale [Thomas Philipe, London, April 18, 1799, lot 343(?)]. Lawrence (Lugt 2445). [P. & D. Colnaghi, London] sold; to Paul J. Sachs by 1929, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1958

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.42
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue of the Extensive Cabinet of Capital Drawings by the Greatest Masters of All Schools...Collected with Superior Judgment by Charles Rogers..., auct. cat., T. Philipe (London, 04/15/1799), possibly lot 343
  • Arthur McComb, Exhibition of Italian Painting of the Sei- and Settecento, exh. cat., Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art / Morgan Memorial (Hartford, CT, 1930), no. 45
  • Margaret Scott, An Exhibition of Old-Master Drawings for the Benefit of Public Health Nursing Milk and Emergency Fund, exh. cat., Junior League (Pittsburgh, 1933), cat. no. 6
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 290, fig. 139
  • A Special Exhibition of Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, exh. cat., Speed Memorial Museum (Louisville, KY, 1947), cat. no. 9

Exhibition History

  • Italian Painting of the Sei and Settecento, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, 01/22/1930 - 02/05/1930
  • Technique exhibit, Fitchburg Art Association, Fitchburg, 01/01/1932 - 12/31/1932
  • An Exhibition of Italian Paintings and Drawings of the Seventeenth Century, Durlacher Brothers, 01/18/1932 - 02/06/1932
  • An Exhibition of Old-Master Drawings for the Benefit of Public Health Nursing Milk and Emergency Fund, Junior League, Pittsburgh, 12/13/1933 - 01/06/1934
  • 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

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