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Head of a boy and of an old man
Maker
1682-1754
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Width: 27.4 cm
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Piazzetta achieved international fame as a master draughtsman with a series of teste di carattere, or head studies. Their success with collectors stimulated a considerable workshop production, sometimes making it difficult to distinguish his works from those by his talented assistants.
The drawings’ firm contours and delicate shading reflect Piazzetta’s academic training in Bologna and his interest in the work of Rembrandt (1606–1669), and the Italian Baroque artist Guercino (1591–1666). The head studies convey a sense of psychological investigation and intimacy. However, they should not be understood as straightforward portraits, since Piazzetta frequently used members of his family and studio assistants as models for his paintings and drawings. The youth featured in The Courtauld’s Head of a boy and of an old man also appears at the upper right of a Pastoral Scene at The Art Institute of Chicago (inv. no. 1937.68), where he is shown wearing a hat.
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Exhibition History
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Frick Collection, New York, 02/10/2012-27/01/2013
Mantegna to Matisse - Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2012-09/09/2012 ...More
The Witt Collection - Four centuries of drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/04/2004-20/06/2004
Material Evidence, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/1998-24/01/1999
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
Brussels, 1983
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...Less
Literature
no. 36
Illus. on p. 175
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 55
pp. 118, 187
Illus. on p. 119
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 45 ...More
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 85
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 40
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 5
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 59 ...Less
Inscriptions
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Prince Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff (L.2602d). erso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
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