Bearded Man and Studies for Rebecca and Eliezer

1640s?

Pier Francesco Mola

Associated Names
Pier Francesco Mola

Artist, Italian, 1612 - 1666

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red and black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ann Sutherland Harris

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24.4 × 28.7 cm (9 5/8 × 11 5/16 in.)
    mount: 30.5 × 37.2 cm (12 × 14 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.178.2.b

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Associated Artworks

The image shows a person seated on a rock. The individual is in a side profile, facing left, with their head slightly bowed and one hand resting on their chest. They have soft and contemplative facial features, long hair flowing over their shoulders. The person is clothed in a flowing garment and holds an object in their other hand. The background consists of trees and foliage around the figure.

The Penitent Magdalene

Pier Francesco Mola

1640

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 April 1999, no. 24, as Roman School, late 17th century); Professor Ann Sutherland Harris, Pittsburgh; gift to NGA in 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Pittsburgh Collects: European Drawings, 1500 to 1800. Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh, 2004, no. 24 (entry by Tom Smart)(color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 193-30-113

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