Francesco Vanni
1563-1610
Head of a Child. Verso: Head of Child Looking up to the Right
10 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches (276 x 210 mm)
Colored chalks, on blue paper faded to a brown-green; verso: red, black and white chalk.
1986.109
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
The sketch on the verso is probably a study for the Christ child in "Madonna with Child Crowning St. Cecilia," of ca. 1604, in S. Agnese al Vignano, Siena (Adolfo Venturi, "Storia dell'arte italiana", IX, 7, fig. 595).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left in pen and brown ink, "Vanni".
Watermark: Bird in a circle (possibly Heawood 177).
Watermark: Bird in a circle (possibly Heawood 177).
Associated names
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 385.
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