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Head of a Young Man (recto) Sketch of a Head (verso)

1780s

Gaetano Gandolfi

(Italian, 1734–1802)
Italy, 18th century
black chalk with red chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk (black and red chalk stumped in places)
Sheet: 43.6 x 31.5 cm (17 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1980.116
Location: Not on view
  • [Herbert N. Bier]; Louise S. Richards
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219. Reproduced: p. 195; Mentioned: p. 216, no. 194 www.jstor.org
  • Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987).
    Leona E. Prasse, Connoisseur and Curator. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-August 25, 1985).
    Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
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