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Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Profile of a Woman's Head (recto)

1550–1600s

Alessandro Casolani

(Italian, 1552/53–1607)
Italy, 16th century
black chalk(?) with traces of red chalk
Sheet: 21.3 x 14 cm (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
L. E. Holden Fund 1966.120.a
Location: Not on view
  • George Hibbert, London (according to Agnew sale catalogue, 1965; Lugt 2849, not stamped); Coghlan Briscoe, Dublin (Agnew sale catalogue, 1965; Lugt 347c, not stamped); Dr. W. M. Crofton (Agnew sale catalogue, 1965). [Thomas Agnew & Sons]
  • CMA, Artists' Working Books (Nov. 5, 1991-Jan. 12, 1992).
    CMA, Concept, Dogma, and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650 (Aug. 27-Oct. 20, 1991).
    CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).
    CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 4, illus., pp. 11, 25.
    CMA, Italian Prints and Drawings (Jan. 30-Mar. 26, 1968).
    CMA, "Golden Anniversary Acquisitions," cma Bulletin 53 (Sep. 10-Oct. 16, 1966), p. 281 no. 74, recto illus. p. 203.
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