Head of a Youth | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1932.217
People: ? School of the Carracci, Italian
Title: Head of a Youth
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 16th-17th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia, Bologna
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298691

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and red chalk on gray-brown antique laid paper

Dimensions

36.5 × 26.6 cm (14 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

watermark: Lion rampant on an armorial shield

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: 1932.217
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 236
Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 120 ("Cartella con una stella rossa")

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