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Study for Female Head (verso); Head of Christ (recto)

A work made of black, red, brown, and ochre chalks, with stumping and touches of graphite, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black, red, yellow, and brown chalks, heightened with white chalk (verso), on blue laid paper (faded to tan on recto).
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  • A work made of black, red, brown, and ochre chalks, with stumping and touches of graphite, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black, red, yellow, and brown chalks, heightened with white chalk (verso), on blue laid paper (faded to tan on recto).

Date:

1635/40

Artist:

Carlo Francesco Nuvolone
Italian 1609–1662

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Carlo Francesco Nuvolone

Title

Study for Female Head (verso); Head of Christ (recto)

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1635–1640

Medium

Black, red, brown, and ochre chalks, with stumping and touches of graphite, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black, red, yellow, and brown chalks, heightened with white chalk (verso), on blue laid paper (faded to tan on recto)

Inscriptions

None

Dimensions

35.8 × 27.2 cm (14 1/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Sepia Holding Company, LLC

Reference Number

2018.732

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