Object number1966.25

Five Heads

DateNd

attributed to Giovanni Serodine (Italian b.Switzerland, 1600-1630)

CultureItalian

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 25 1/4 x 31 1/4 in. (64.14 x 79.38 cm)
Framed: 36 3/8 x 42 x 3 3/4 in. (92.39 x 106.68 x 9.53 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Agnes Rindge Claflin Fund

On View

Not on view

Period17th c

Classification(s)

Painting

MarkingsOn verso in white chalk, both on left and top edges of frame: E9828X

BibliographyAn Exhibition in Memory of Agnes Rindge Claflin. Poughkeepsie: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 1978; Contini, Roberto, Gianni Papi and Pinacoteca cantonale Giovanni Züst. 1993. Giovanni Serodine 1594. Lugano: Fidia edizioni d’arte, p. 128ProvenanceA. Coleman, Esq., Hunter’s Lodge, London Road, Newbury (Burks);
sold at Christie's, London, October 20, 1961, lot 61 (sold as Piazetta);
F. Nicholls, private collector;
Julius H. Weitzner, London

Vassar Exhibitions

Selections from the Permanent Collection (1990)

Exhibition HistoryAn Exhibition in Memory of Agnes Rindge Claflin 1900-1977, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 30 - June 4, 1978;
Extended loan, Smith College Museum of Art, Smith College, Northampton, MA, June 20, 1991 - May 6, 1993;
Highlights from the Vassar College Collection, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York, NY, July 13 - September 11, 1993

DescriptionDepiction of five male heads illustrating the different age stages of life. All the heads are in partial or full profile.

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