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Five studies of heads (recto)

Maker

Circle of
(artist)
1568-1640

Title

Five studies of heads (recto)

Medium

black and red chalk (recto and verso) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.9 cm
Width: 13.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4305

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Provenance

Benno Geiger, Italy (1882-1965); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 11; anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 6 April 1949, lot 31; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 28 December 1949, for £4; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Bolzoni, Marco Simone, Il Cavalier Giuseppe Cesari d'Arpino, Rome, Ugo Bozzi Editore 2013
p. 422
Workshop or Circle Of

Geiger, Benno, Handzeichnungen alter Meister, Zurich, 1948
no. 34
ill. on p. 64 (verso)

Inscriptions

Inscription: Cesari Cav. d' Arpino

Inscription: A 16358 c/-/-

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