Six Heads, a Turk in Front

1770s-1780s

Gaetano Gandolfi

Associated Names
Gaetano Gandolfi

Artist, Bolognese, 1734 - 1802

The image features a sketch of four individuals depicted from the chest up. The figures are in a tight group facing left. Their facial features are distinct with strong noses and chins, and varying expressions. The hair is styled intricately, with turbans on the first three figures. The clothing is detailed with patterns and textures. The background is filled with cross-hatched lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11 × 15.7 cm (4 5/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
    plate: 10.5 × 15.4 cm (4 1/8 × 6 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.120.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme 1906, no. 17, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Karl Jacob Mayer, Darmstadt (Lugt 5100); (David Tunick, New York); purchased 1974 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906.

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: at lower left, in graphite: V17; at lower right, in graphite: Gaetano Gandolfi / DTMACH 66

Markings

Karl Jacob Mayer (Lugt 5100)

Wikidata ID

Q65568558

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