Study for Christ Child

Provenance

Padre Sebastiano Resta [Lugt 2992 and 2993]. Lord Somers [Lugt 2981]; his sale, Motteux, London, May 6, 1717. Sir Joshua Reynolds [stamp (Lugt 2364), recto, lower left, in black]. A.M. Champernowne [script (Lugt 153), recto, lower left, in pen and black ink]. Sold, Puttick & Simpson, London, Mar. 27, 1914, to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower left, in black] to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922.

Study for Christ Child

Giacomo Cavedone

1610/12

Accession Number

6895

Medium

Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Dimensions

17.8 × 11.7 cm (7 1/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection