The Head of Christ, c. 1623

Not on View

Medium

black, red, and white chalks on gray-green laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 37.9 x 28 cm (14 15/16 x 11 in.)

Credit Line

Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner

Accession Number

2006.11.19

Artists / Makers

Guido Reni (artist) Bolognese, 1575 - 1642

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: S+L / 75; by later hand, lower right verso in white pencil: WD / 457; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: WD 457

Provenance

George John, 2nd Earl Spencer [1758-1834] (Lugt 1532), Althorp; (sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 December 1972, lot 34); Lorna Lowe, London; (Adolphe Stein, Paris); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, 17 May 1973; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Associated Names

Anonymous
Lowe, Lorna, Ms.
Spencer, George John, 2nd earl Spencer
Stein, Adolphe
Woodner and Ms. Andrea Woodner, Dian, Ms.
Woodner, Andrea
Woodner, Ian

Exhibition History

1973: Master Drawings Presented by Adolphe Stein, H. Terry-Engell Gallery, London, 1973, no. 68.

1981: Guido Reni: Zeichnungen, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, 1981, no. 97.

1983: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-85, no. 28.

1986: Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 37.

1986: Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 29.

1987: Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 28.

1990: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 36.

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 66.

2006: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2017: The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1983: Matteson, Lynn R. "Old Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection." Pantheon. XLI (1983): 386-87.

1984: Pepper, D. Stephen. Guido Reni: A Complete Catalogue of His Works with an Introductory Text. Oxford, 1984: 245, mentioned under no. 86 (drawing no. 2).

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 66.