Two Sketches of Male Heads [verso]

Baldassare Franceschini

Associated Names
Baldassare Franceschini

Artist, Florentine, 1611 - 1689

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk; pen and brown ink (in another hand) on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 23.8 x 17.2 cm (9 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
    support: 29.7 x 23.2 cm (11 11/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.74.10.b

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Associated Artworks

The image features a full-body sketch of a figure standing in an elevated position. The person is holding a large object across their shoulders with both hands. Their head is tilted back slightly, and the facial features are soft with closed eyes. The hair is short and loose. They are draped in flowing garments suggestive of robes. No jewelry is visible. Additional faint figures and forms appear in the background. The background is empty apart from these light sketches, providing focus on the main figure. The artwork is monochromatic with reddish-brown tones.

Female Saint Carrying a Banner [recto]

Baldassare Franceschini

1611

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(H. Shickman Gallery, New York, 1969); Julius S. Held, Old Bennington, VT; his granddaughter, Alexis Ford Audette, 1983; NGA purchase in 1983.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1969

  • Sixty Anonymous Master Drawings, H. Shickman Gallery, New York, 1969, no. 34.

1970

  • Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 121.

1979

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; traveling exhibition, 1979, no. 18.

1990

  • Julius S. Held: Drawings from His Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, 1990, no. 19.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite, on mount: PHHTS; lower right: D917 I

Wikidata ID

Q64537112

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