Bust of a Saint

c. 1775

Gaetano Gandolfi

Associated Names
Gaetano Gandolfi

Artist, Bolognese, 1734 - 1802

The image is a closely cropped, highly detailed drawing that shows the upper torso and head of an elderly man who is slightly hunched forward. He is depicted in profile, gazing upwards to his right. His facial features are pronounced, with a prominent, curly white beard and bushy eyebrows, and his hair is thinning and curly. The man wears a garment that appears to be draped around his shoulders, with a visible button or decorative element. His right hand is visible, holding onto a rosary or set of prayer beads with large knuckles and slightly bent fingers. The background of the image is filled with fine, directional lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 13.5 × 11.8 cm (5 5/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
    plate: 10.9 × 9.6 cm (4 5/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.120.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme 1906, no. 9

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 center, in graphite: Gandolfi V9; at lower left, in graphite: B-28.107 DTMACH; at lower right, in graphite: 67

Markings

Karl Jacob Mayer (Lugt 5100)

Wikidata ID

Q65568559

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