Tête d'enfant

Details

ANTONIO CAVALLUCCI (SERMONETA 1752-1795 ROME)
Tête d'enfant
pierre noire, estompe, rehaussé de blanc, sur papier beige
24,3 x 18,1 cm (9 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄8 in.)

Provenance

A.J. Van Huffel Antiquariaat, Utrecht ; d'où acquis par I.Q. van Regteren Altena (1899-1980), en mai 1928 pour 50.60 florins (livre de compte: '483. t. A. Cavallucci kindkopf') ; sa vente, Christie's, Paris, 25 mars 2015, lot 47.

Literature

C. White, 'Review of the 1970 exhibition', Master Drawings, IX, 1971, n°1, p. 66.

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Italiaanse tekeningen uit en Amsterdamse collectie, 1970, n°140, fig. 101.

Special notice

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Further details

ANTONIO CAVALLUCCI, HEAD OF A CHILD, BLACK CHALK, STUMPING, HEIGHTENED WITH WHITE, ON LIGHT BROWN PAPER

This drawing can be stylistically related to Two angels and studies of hands (ibid., p. 487, fig. 1), which, like the present sheet, bears witness to the strong influence of the art of Anton Raphael Mengs’ art on the Roman artist.

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Lot Essay

Ce dessin peut être rapproché stylistiquement de Deux anges et études de mains (op. cit., p. 487, fig. 1) qui, comme la présente feuille, témoigne de la forte influence de l'art de Mengs sur l'artiste romain.

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