id:			149875
accession number:	1980.116.a
share license status:	CC0
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Head of a Young Man (recto), 1780s. Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, 1734–1802). Black chalk with red chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk (black and red chalk stumped in places); sheet: 43.6 x 31.5 cm (17 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1980.116.a

title:				Head of a Young Man (recto)
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1780s
creation date earliest:		1780
creation date latest:		1789
current location:		
creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, 18th century
technique:	black chalk with red chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk (black and red chalk stumped in places)
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, 1734–1802)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 43.6 x 31.5 cm (17 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	brown laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	upper right, in black ink: [A?] 15. [underlined]
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Bolognese Drawings in North American Collections, 1500-1800
	opening date:   
	<i>Bolognese Drawings in North American Collections, 1500-1800</i>. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.,, Canada (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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

* {'description': 'Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Bolognese Drawings in North American Collections, 1500-1800 (Sep. 11-Nov. 8, 1981), no. 108, illus. p. 273.', 'opening_date': '1981-09-11T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Year in Review for 1980" (June 24-July 19, 1981), cma Bulletin 68 (1981), p. 216 no. 194, illus. p. 195.', 'opening_date': '1981-06-24T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	[Herbert N. Bier]; Louise S. Richards
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cazort, Mimi, and Catherine Johnston. Bolognese Drawings in North American Collections, 1500-1800: [Exhibition]. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, National Museums of Canada, 1982.
	page number: 	Reproduced on p. 273
	url:		

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