Bust of a gentleman, 1622

Title

Bust of a gentleman

Draughtsman

• Ottavio Leoni

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• coal
• red chalk
• chalk
• paper

Technique

• charcoal drawing
• red chalk drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Roman

Production Reason

• portrait study
• presentation design?
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Datiert unten mittig (von fremder Hand?, mit der Feder in Braun): i622; bezeichnet unten links: 236 / agosto / x [Paraphe?]

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten mittig (mit der Feder in Braun): [unleserlich]
Unten links Stempel der Sammlung William Mayor, London (Lugt 2799); Stempel der Sammlung Edward Habich, Boston und Kassel (Lugt 862); verso Stempel der Sammlung Rudolf Philipp Goldschmidt, Berlin (Lugt 2926); Stempel der Sammlung Johannes Rump, Kopenhagen (Lugt 3401)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• portrait

Primary

• 31D14(+4) adult man (+ three-quarter view)
• 61B1(+522) historical persons not known by name (+ three-quarter view portrait)
• 31A5341 moustache
• 41D222(COLLAR) neck-gear: collar