Youth Holding a Dish

17th century?

After Correggio

Associated Names
Correggio

Artist, Parmese, 1489/1494 - 1534

The image portrays the upper two-thirds of a person's body holding a spherical object in one hand. The person's head is tilted to one side with a gentle expression on their face, featuring soft and subtle shading around the eyes, nose, and mouth. The person has wavy hair framing their face, depicted with flowing lines. They are shown wearing minimal clothing with a textured fabric draping across their torso. The background is a plain, neutral tone.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red and black chalk with touches of white (partially oxydized) on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Accession Number

    2015.143.38

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723-1792 (Lugt 2364); Earl of Warwick. 1818-1893 (Lugt 2600); William A. Clark, 1839-1925; bequest to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1926 (inv. 2187); acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1925

  • Carroll, Dana H. Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. Unpublished manuscript, 1925: pt. 1, 92, no. 9.

1928

  • Illustrated Handbook of The W. A. Clark Collection. Washington, DC, 1928: 57.

1932

  • Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection. Washington, 1932: 60.

Inscriptions

recto l.l; "Corregio 1494"

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