id:			142287
accession number:	1966.120.a
share license status:	CC0
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Profile of a Woman's Head (recto), 1550–1600s. Alessandro Casolani (Italian, 1552/53–1607). Black chalk(?) with traces of red chalk; sheet: 21.3 x 14 cm (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, L. E. Holden Fund 1966.120.a

title:				Profile of a Woman's Head (recto)
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series:				
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creation date:			1550–1600s
creation date earliest:		1550
creation date latest:		1600
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creditline:			L. E. Holden Fund
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	black chalk(?) with traces of red chalk
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Alessandro Casolani (Italian, 1552/53–1607)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 21.3 x 14 cm (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	beige(1) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	upper left, in graphite: x
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': "CMA, Artists' Working Books (Nov. 5, 1991-Jan. 12, 1992).", 'opening_date': '1991-11-05T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Concept, Dogma, and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650 (Aug. 27-Oct. 20, 1991).', 'opening_date': '1991-08-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).', 'opening_date': '1986-12-15T00:00:00'}

* {'description': "CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 4, illus., pp. 11, 25.", 'opening_date': '1979-03-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Italian Prints and Drawings (Jan. 30-Mar. 26, 1968).', 'opening_date': '1968-01-30T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Golden Anniversary Acquisitions," cma Bulletin 53 (Sep. 10-Oct. 16, 1966), p. 281 no. 74, recto illus. p. 203.', 'opening_date': '1966-09-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	George Hibbert, London (according to Agnew sale catalogue, 1965; Lugt 2849, not stamped); Coghlan Briscoe, Dublin (Agnew sale catalogue, 1965; Lugt 347c, not stamped); Dr. W. M. Crofton (Agnew sale catalogue, 1965). [Thomas Agnew & Sons]
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IMAGES

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