Head of a Monk

Provenance

Sir Joshua Reynolds [stamp (Lugt 2364), recto, lower right, in black. John Richardson, Sr. [script (Lugt 2984), verso, lower center, in pen and brown ink]. Th. Hudson [stamp (Lugt 2432), recto, lower left, in black]. Sold, Puttick & Simpson, Aug. 13, 1915, to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower left, and verso, center on mount, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, center on mount, in black].

Head of a Monk

Francesco Vanni

n.d.

Accession Number

7128

Medium

Red chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on tan laid card

Dimensions

8.8 × 6.7 cm (3 1/2 × 2 11/16 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection