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Head of Christ

1559–1613
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Head of Christ
  • Artist: Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi) (Italian, Castello di Cigoli 1559–1613 Rome)
  • Date: 1559–1613
  • Medium: Oil paint on a sheet of paper that had previous writing by the artist in pen and brown ink (surface varnished)
  • Dimensions: 16-15/16 x 11-7/16 in. (43.0 x 29.0 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1987
  • Object Number: 1987.198
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Study for a Male Figure Lowered into a Grave (recto); Kneeling Female Figure in Profile to Left (verso), Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi) Italian, Point of brush and blue wash, heightened with white, over black chalk, on blue paper
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