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Study of Two Hands (one with part of a garment, the other with forearm and garment outline). Verso: Study of a Hand

Attributed to Giacomo Cavedone
1577-1660

Study of Two Hands (one with part of a garment, the other with forearm and garment outline). Verso: Study of a Hand

9 3/4 x 14 15/16 inches (248 x 379 mm)
Black chalk, with white chalk, on blue laid paper (altered to gray-green); verso: black chalk, with white chalk.
1992.131

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
The presence of a wound in one hand on the recto and on the verso suggests these were studies for the hands of possibly St. Francis of Assisi or Christ.
Formerly attributed to Giovanni Lanfranco, 1582-1647.
Watermark: Head in profile with curly hair or crown. Watermark, beta radiograph. head in profile. 141923wm_1992_131_WM_beta.jpg
Associated names
Lanfranco, Giovanni, 1582-1647, Formerly attributed to.
Habsburg, Frederick, 1856-1936, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Alfred Moir, ed. Drawings by Seventeenth Century Italian Masters from the Collection of Janos Scholz. Santa Barbara : Art Galleries, University of California, 1974, no. 61, repr.
Classification
Department