Portrait of an Ecclesiastic Wearing a Biretta

Provenance

Charles-Gilbert, Viscount Morel de Vinde (according to inscription on back of mount); Samuel Woodburn; Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445); Samuel Woodburn; Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (Lugt 2710b), and by descent (sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1972, no. 75); P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., for NGA, purchase in 1972.

Portrait of an Ecclesiastic Wearing a Biretta

Carracci, Annibale

probably 1580/1590

Accession Number

1972.49.1

Medium

red chalk heightened with white

Dimensions

Overall (approximate): 31.6 x 22.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 13/16 in.) | support: 39.8 x 30.8 cm (15 11/16 x 12 1/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund