DrawingsItalian16th century

Head of a Child Turned Three-Quarters Left

16th century

Artists

Giovanni Antonio SoglianiArtist

Fra Bartolommeo della PortaArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on brown antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19.4 x 18 cm (7 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Thomas Lawrence, London, gift; to William Esdaile, London, 1829 (Lugt 2617) [1]. Unidentified Collection, Dutch? [2]. Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932. Notes [1] See Esdaile's inscriptions on verso and old mount. [2] The dimensions in Dutch on the old mount suggest that the drawing was once part of a Dutch collection.

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