Giovanni Lanfranco* (1582-1647)

The Head of a Man: A Cartoon

Details

Giovanni Lanfranco* (1582-1647)
The Head of a Man: A Cartoon
with inscription 'Mola' (verso) and 'La Testa di P. Bronzino dessegnato di Raffaello e dipinto in S. Vaticano in Roma' on the mount
black chalk on blue paper, squared in black chalk, the outlines incised, the upper left corner made up
13 x 8 in. (350 x 223 mm.)

Provenance

Sir Joshua Reynolds (L. 2364).

Lot Essay

We are grateful to both Dr. Erich Schleier and Dr Ann Sutherland Harris for confirming the attribution to Lanfranco, the former in a letter dated 18 November 1997, and the latter in a letter dated 30 November 1997. Dr Sutherland Harris has proposed a dating to late in the artist's career.