Head of the Archangel Gabriel

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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 20,8 x 18,2 cm

Inventory numberNMH 149/1863

AcqusitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Carl Gustaf Tessin)

Other titlesTitle (sv): Ärkeängeln Gabriels huvud Title (en): Head of the Archangel Gabriel Inventory title (sv): Ynglings hufvud i profil. Naturlig storlek

DescriptionDescription: Laid down. numbered in pen and brown ink at lower right: 109 (Sparre). Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower right: André del Sarto (in C.G. Tessin´s handwriting). Marco Chiarini has observed that this is a copy after Gabriel in the lunette for destroyed Sarzana altarpiece, dated 1528. The lunette survives in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv.246). [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 1175]

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MaterialRed crayon (Crayon), Paper

TechniqueDrawing