Sketches of Heads and Hands

Pompeo Batoni

Associated Names
Pompeo Batoni

Artist, Italian, 1708 - 1787

The image is a sketch displaying a face, hands, and torso. The face shows detailed facial features like eyes, nose, and lips without hair. It is in a three-quarter view facing slightly to the right. Below the face are two hands, one in the center with curved fingers and the other on the left holding an unseen object. Above the hands is a partially drawn torso at an angle. There is no indication of clothing or jewelry. The background is a neutral-toned surface.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Seiferheld and Co., New York; William B. O'Neal [1907-1991], Charlottesville, VA, January 1961; gift to NGA, 1991.

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Exhibition History

1961

  • Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, University of Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, March 5-25, 1961.

Bibliography

1993

  • National Gallery of Art. Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. Washington, 1993, checklist p. 91.

Watermarks

three fleur-de-lis in circle surrounded by crossed feathers

Wikidata ID

Q64619713

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