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Left Hand with Index Finger Extended. Verso: Fragmentary Study of the Head and Shoulders of a Youth

Italian School
16th century

Left Hand with Index Finger Extended. Verso: Fragmentary Study of the Head and Shoulders of a Youth

late 16th century
3 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches (88 x 168 mm)
Red chalk on paper; verso: red chalk.
1986.104

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Watermark: none.
Acquired as attributed to Andrea del Sarto.
Associated names
Sarto, Andrea del, 1486-1530, Formerly attributed to.
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Selected references: Fellows Report 1989, 377-78.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 377-378.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department