Study for Female Head (verso); Head of Christ (recto)

Provenance

Richard Philip, London; sold to David Jones Fine Art, London; sold to Anne Searle Bent, Oct. 7, 2000; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.

Study for Female Head (verso); Head of Christ (recto)

Carlo Francesco Nuvolone

1635/40

Accession Number

207759

Medium

Black, red, brown, and ochre chalks, with stumping and touches of graphite, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black, red, yellow, and brown chalks, heightened with white chalk (verso), on blue laid paper (faded to tan on recto)

Dimensions

35.8 × 27.2 cm (14 1/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

Classification

N/A

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Sepia Holding Company, LLC