Head of a Boy (Gennaro Falcone?)

1635/1640

Aniello Falcone

Associated Names
Aniello Falcone

Artist, Italian, 1607 - 1656

The image is a drawing of the head and neck of a young person. The person is looking downward, with their eyes closed and lips slightly curved. They have short, wavy hair falling gently around their head. The drawing is done in red chalk on textured beige paper, emphasizing delicate lines and shading. There are no clothing details, with a minimal background. In the lower left corner, there is a signature, and a small stamp is in the bottom right corner.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heinrich Beckmann, Bremen (1874 - 1940) (Lugt 2756a); (his sale, R. Puppel Berlin, 27-28 February 1941, no. 118). Bernhard Funck [1895-1993], Munich. Herbert List [1903-1975], Munich (Lugt 4063). Ursula and Adolf Ratjen, Vaduz, for Wolfgang Ratjen; Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Stiftung Ratjen. Italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts, Graphische Sammlung, Munich; Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf; Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart. Munich, 1977, no. 62.

1979

  • Zeichnungen Italienischer Meister aus den Sammlungen Schloss Fachsenfeld, Stiftung Ratjen Vaduz. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, and Kunstmuseum Luzern. Lucerne, 1979, no. 175.

1984

  • Civiltà del Seicento a Napoli. Museo del Capodimonte, Naples, 1984, 2: 84, no. 3.25 (entry by Julien Stock).

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2011, no. 27.

Bibliography

2003

  • Farina, Viviana. 'Per Aniello Falcone disegnatore." Unpublished dissertation, Università degli Studi di Napoli, "Federico II," 2003, no. F/f1.

2009

  • Spinosa, Nicola, ed. Ritorno al Barocco: da Caravaggio a Vanvitelli. 2 vols. Museo di Capodimonte and elsewhere in Naples. Naples, 2009, 2: under no. 3.26.

Inscriptions

lower left, brown ink, signed, Anellofalcone; verso of backing, along left margin, in graphite, andere alte Zuschreibung Giov Bonatti; verso of backing, lower center, 215; verso of backing, lower left in another hand: 890/2/p and Frs 1; verso of backing, lower right, #8, and in another hand, Aniello Falcone

Wikidata ID

Q64535905

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