Head of a Bearded Man with a Soft Jewelled Cap; verso: Partial Head Studies
c. 1753-1762
Artists
Dimensions
25.3 x 18.9 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Given by the artist to the Library of the Somasco Convent, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice; Count Leopoldo Cicognara; Antonio Canova; Monsignor Giovanni Battista Sartori-Canova; Francesco Pesaro; Edward Cheney, Badger Hall, Shropshire (by 1842); by descent to his nephew, Alfred Capel-Cure, Blake Hall, Essex; sale, Sotheby's, April 29, 1885, part of lot 1024; Parsons, dealer, London; Earl of Ranfurly; P. & D. Colnaghi, London; Richard Owen; Savile Gallery; Contini Collection; Héli, duc de Talleyrand-Périgord; his family, by descent; sale, Christie's, New York, January 23, 2002, lot 44; Jeffrey Horvitz, acquired at the sale; gift to Harvard Art Museum, 2008
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