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Attributed to Matthias Joseph de Noël
1782-1849
Head of a Bearded Old Man
Black chalk with smudging on brown laid paper.
13 7/8 x 8 7/16 inches (352 x 215 mm)
Gift of Hall Park McCullough.
1958.16
Notes:
Marcello Calogero has identified this drawing as a study after a cast taken from the terracotta group representing the Funeral of the Virgin by Alfonso Lombardi (ca. 1497-1537) in the Oratory of Santa Maria della Vita in Bologna. See M. Calogero, “Drawing Tradition: Malvasia, Alfonso Lombardi, and the Use of Models in Bologna,” Master Drawings 59 (2021): 193-208, esp. 203.
Provenance:
Wilhelm König, Vienna (Lugt S. 2653b); Bishop Johann Török, Vienna; Hall Park McCullough, New York.
Associated names:
Lombardi, Alfonso, After.
König, Wilhelm, former owner.
Török, Johann, Bishop, -1892, former owner.
McCullough, Hall Park, 1872-1966, former owner.
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