Harvard Art Museums > 1931.29: The Head of a Boy; verso: Foreshortened Head and Torso Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Head of a Boy; verso: Foreshortened Head and Torso (Annibale Carracci) , 1931.29,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 08, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/298902. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
