1931.29: The Head of a Boy; verso: Foreshortened Head and Torso

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1931.29

People

Annibale Carracci, Italian (Bologna, Italy 1560 - 1609 Rome, Italy)

Title

The Head of a Boy; verso: Foreshortened Head and Torso

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th-17th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia, Bologna

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298902

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red chalk on tan antique laid paper; verso: red chalk

Dimensions

27.1 × 20.7 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower right, brown ink: 1 [?] 40; lower left, brown ink: 15 [?]; verso, brown ink: Guerchin

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Padre Resta, Rome. Denman Ross, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1931

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross

Accession Year

1931

Object Number

1931.29

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. 231, p. 122; vol. 2, repr. fig. 121
• Highlights from the Collections of the Fogg Museum and Harvard Alumni of St. Louis, exh. cat., City Art Museum of St. Louis (St. Louis, 1964), cat. 56
• Jeremy Wood, "Padre Resta as a Collector of Carracci Drawings", Master Drawings (1996), vol. XXXIV, no. 1, pp. 3-71, pp. 55-59, fig. 40
• Old Master and 19th Century Drawings, auct. cat., Christie's, London (London, July 6, 2004), under no. 38

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