Head of a Young Boy with Head-cloth

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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 34,5 x 25,1 cm

Inventory numberNMH 907/1863

Other titlesTitle (sv): Huvud av ung pojke med huvudduk Title (en): Head of a Young Boy with Head-cloth Inventory title (sv): Qvinnohufvud. Naturlig storlek

DescriptionDescription: Numbered at lower right in pen and brown ink: 761 (Sparre) Traditionally attributed to Annibale, this monumental portrait belongs to a sequence of studies of the human countenance, characterized by their careful representation of psychological expressions and attitudes. It is rather close in the use of the chalk, the rendering of the hair, and the representation from slightly above, to Annibale's "Portrait of a Boy" (earlier labeled a Self-Portrait) at Windsor Castle, dated to the second half of the 1580s. It is worth comparing this drawing with other contemporary portrait studies by Annibale and Agostino. however, our sheet is not easily assigned to one of the Carracci or to an individual follower. Diane DeGrazia suggests an attribution to Pietro Faccini. One may compare this drawing with a portrait study of a young woman attributed to Faccini now in the Frits Lugt Collection. As J. Byam Shaw notes in his catalogue, however, this attribution is hardly more than a guess, as no further portrait drawings by this artist have been identified for comparison. Loisel suggests that the present drawing, with its chiaroscuro effects and monumental forms, might instead be executed c. 1629-20 in Rome by a follower of Caravaggio (Saraceni, Valentin) [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 1451]

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MaterialPaper, Red crayon (Crayon)

TechniqueDrawing

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