1932.289: Head of a Bearded Man

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.289

People

? Correggio (Antonio Allegri), Italian (Correggio, Italy c. 1489 - 1534 Correggio, Italy)

Title

Head of a Bearded Man

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298510

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red chalk on dark cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

11.1 × 9.5 cm (4 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 3/8/2002.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser

Accession Year

1932

Object Number

1932.289

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. 147, p. 84, as Giovanni Antonio Licinio, called Il Pordenone
• Charles E. Cohen, The Drawings of Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone, La Nuova Italia Editrice (Florence, Italy, 1980), p. 131
• Caterina Furlan, Il Pordenone, Electa (Milan, Italy, 1988), p. 343, no. DA11
• Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 121 ("Cartella I")

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