About This Artwork

Francesco Zuccarelli
Italian, 1702-1788

Portrait of an Old Man, n.d.

Black chalk, with traces of white chalk, on blue laid paper
201 x 165 mm
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Regenstein, 1960.560

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

New York, Wildenstein and Company, "Master Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," October 17-November 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 19.

The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1974, pp. 38-39, cat. 18 (ill.), by Harold Joachim.

The Art Institute of Chicago, "151 Italian Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," 1979-1980, cat. 130, by Harold Joachim and Suzanne Folds McCullagh; traveled to Washington, D.C., The National Gallery of Art.

The Art Institute of Chicago, "18th Century Venetian Drawings," January 11-May 5, 1985.

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Recent Acquisitions to the Regenstein Collection," February 20-April 28, 1995.

The Art Institute of Chicago, June 15-July 17, 1995.

Publication History

Harold Joachim and Suzanne Folds McCullagh, Italian Drawings in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1979), pp. 83-84, no. 130, pl. 138.

Harold Joachim, Italian Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries and Spanish Drawings of the 17th through 19th Centuries (Chicago, 1980), p. 56, no. 2C10.

Ownership History

Sold by P. & D. Colnaghi, London, to Kleinberg Galleries, New York, June 1960 [Kleinberger inventory card]; sold to the Art Institute, 1960.