Attributed to Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-1642)

Head of a man

Details

Attributed to Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-1642)
Head of a man
black chalk, on faded blue paper, upper corners made up, unframed
8¼ x 6 3/8 in. (21.4 x 16.2 cm.); and two other head studies from the Bolognese School, 18th Century (3)

Provenance

A. Maggiori (L. 3005b), his attribution 'G. Reni fece' (recto) and his inscription 'Studio per la testa del S. Francesco dipinto da Guido nella cappella Borghesi. Io Aless. Maggiori comprai in Bologna il giorno 8 nov. del 1790' (on the verso).
C. Argentieri (L. 486b).
P.G. Breschi (L. 2079b).

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Lot Essay

As noted by Maggiori, the present drawing is related to the head of Saint Francis, frescoed in the Cappella Paolina (also known as the Cappella Borghese) in S. Maria Maggiore, Rome, as part of Reni's series The Miracles and Triumphs of the Virgin (1611-12; see D.S. Pepper, Guido Reni: A complete catalogue of his works with an introductory text, Oxford, 1984, fig. 56).

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