Giacomo Cavedone
1577-1660
Study of Hands Crossed at the Wrists. Verso: Study of a hand and forearm holding a cylindrical object
10 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches (260 x 309 mm)
Black chalk, with white chalk, on blue laid paper altered to gray-green; verso: black chalk, with white chalk; fragmentary sketch in black chalk.
1992.80
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Related to a painting now in the Galleria Estense in Modena (inv. 17740). See also related drawings in the Uffizi (inv. 2040F), Prague (inv. K.37972), Genoa (inv. 1236), Rijksmuseum (RP-T-1958-77), Teylers (inv. C 019), as well as Morgan drawing 1988.70.
Associated names
Habsburg, Frederick, 1856-1936, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Neumeyer, Alfred, and Janos Scholz. Drawings from Bologna 1520-1800. Oakland : Mills College Art Gallery, 1957, no. 85. (as Lanfranco)
Classification
Century Drawings
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