Francesco Albani (1578-1660)

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Francesco Albani (1578-1660)

The Head of a Child

with inscription on an attached label 'di Domenichino Zampieri bolognese' (verso); black, red and white chalk, on grey-brown paper, the corners cut
169 x 165mm.

Provenance

G. Pacini (L. 2011).
C. Prayer, his mark not in Lugt.

Lot Essay

The present drawing is a study for the head of the young Christ in Albani's Holy Family painted in the early 1630s for Santa Maria di Galliera, Bologna, D. Benati et. al., Disegni Emiliani del Sei-Settecento, Milan, 1991, p. 77, pl. 16.

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