Four Studies of Male Heads
c. 1636
Artists
Dimensions
12.6 x 15.8 cm (4 15/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Jonathan Richardson, Sr., London (Lugt 2183 and his mount). Thomas Hudson, London (Lugt 2432). John Knight, London, sold [through his sale, Phillips, London, July 19, 1841, lot 120]; to Charles Sackville Bale, London, sold [through Christie's, London, June 10, 1881, lot 2427]; to [Jeffrey?] Whitehead. [P. & D. Colnaghi, London]. Jonkheer H. Teixeira de Mattos, Vogelenzang. A. Berg, Portland, Oregon. [Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam, c. 1954]. [1] Frans Koenigs, Haarlem, sold [by his heirs through Sotheby's, London, November 20, 1957, lot 70]; to Abrams. [P. & D. Colnaghi, London c. 1960-1965]. [2] Mrs. Donald Methuen, London, sold [through Christie's, London, April 7, 1970, lot 124]; to [P. & D. Colnaghi, London]. Sold [through Christie's, New York, January 11, 1994, lot 385] [via Bob Haboldt]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (Lugt 3306), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018 Notes [1] See Benesch 1954; listed as in Cassirer's possession [2] Colnaghi exhibits the drawing in 1960 and in Slive's 1965 "Drawings of Rembrandt" Colnaghi's is credited
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