Object number1996.17.r

Head of a Young Woman Looking Down

Datec. 1638

Artist Guido Reni (Italian, 1575 - 1642)

CultureItalian

MediumRed and white chalk on grey paper

DimensionsSheet: 8 1/4 × 7 in. (21 × 17.8 cm)
Image: 8 × 6 1/2 in. (20.3 × 16.5 cm)
Matted: 22 × 16 in. (55.9 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jak Katalan

On View

Not on view

Period17th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

InscribedInscribed (UC of margin, in chalk): N. 61; (LR in faded brown ink): Elis. S[iran]i; (LC of margin, in chalk): Elis. Sirani; (LR, in red ink): (stamp); and (LL, in blue ink): (stamp).

BibliographyBabette Bohn, "Guido Reni," in The Katalan Collection of Italian Drawings. Exh. catalogue. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1995, cat. no. 38. ProvenanceGiuseppe Vallardi (Lugt 1223)

Vassar Exhibitions

An Era of Opportunity: Three Decades of Acquisitions

Exhibition History“The Katalan Collection of Italian Drawings,” FLLAC, VC, Poughkeepsie, NY, 14 April - 18 June 1995;

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MI, 16 July - 10 September 1995;

Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh PA, 3 November 1995 - 7 January 1996;

Ackland Art Museum, U of NC, Chapel Hill, NC, 2 February - 2 April 1996;

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth Collge, Hannover, NH, 17 April - 16 June 1996.

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