Provenance

Anton Maria Zanetti II

Venetian, 1706 - 1778

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The head and shoulders of a smooth-skinned boy are drawn with delicate brown and white lines against tan-colored, vertically oriented paper. The boy is angled to our left, and his head and large eyes are raised to gaze up and in that direction. He has a short nose over a small mouth with parted lips that reveal two teeth. Tightly packed vertical white strokes create a highlight on his forehead and more curve around his eyes and cheeks. His fine, shoulder-length hair is created with parallel, wavy strokes and topped by a round cap with an upturned brim. His garment is suggested by faint strokes of brown around the neck and right shoulder, and a line of faint, half moon-shaped buttons down his chest.
Pinturicchio, Head of a Youth Looking Up, c. 1485, leadpoint and brown wash, heightened with white gouache on gray prepared paper; laid down, Woodner Collection, Gift of Dian Woodner, 2017.111.1

Head of a Youth Looking Up

Pinturicchio · c. 1485 · leadpoint and brown wash, heightened with white gouache on gray prepared paper; laid down ·  Accession ID  2017.111.1

Marco Ricci, A Fortified Village along a River, 1727/1729, pen and brown ink over traces of graphite; Zanetti mount, Gift of Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, 1988.26.1

A Fortified Village along a River

Marco Ricci · 1727/1729 · pen and brown ink over traces of graphite; Zanetti mount ·  Accession ID  1988.26.1

Bibliography

1994

  • Martineau, Jane and Andrew Robison. The glory of Venice: art in the eighteenth century : Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1994/National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995. New Haven and London, 1994, p. 513.