Head of Saint Stephen: Study for the Martyrdom of Saint Stephen

Provenance

John, 1st Earl Spencer, Althorp House, Northamptonshire [Lugt 1530]. Sold by Thomas Philipe, London, 13 June 1811, no. 428 (as Lanfranco) to Cox. Unidentified collector [shelfmark on verso of former mount]. Sold, Christie’s, London, 11 April 1978, lot 50. Kent Sobotik, Dayton, Ohio. Sold, Christie’s, New York, 15 January 1992, lot 21. Sold by P.&D. Colnaghi & Co., London and New York, to the Art Institute, 1992.

Head of Saint Stephen: Study for the Martyrdom of Saint Stephen

Giacomo Cavedone

1627/30

Accession Number

117196

Medium

Black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk and white oil paint, on brown laid paper, laid down on Japanese paper, edge mounted to off-white wove paper

Dimensions

38.4 × 29.9 cm (15 1/8 × 11 13/16 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

William D. Shorey Fund; Sara R. Shorey and Henry C. Woods Endowments