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Head of a Frightened Girl

Pompeo Batoni
1708-1787

Head of a Frightened Girl

8 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches (213 x 156 mm)
Red and black chalk, with white chalk, on laid paper prepared with a brown wash.
IV, 166

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Formerly attributed to Domenichino.
Study for the figure at far right center in the "Fall of Simon Magus" in S.M. degli Angeli, originally intended for St. Peter's.
Associated names
Domenichino, 1581-1641, Formerly attributed to.
Adolphus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1774-1850, former owner.
George, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1819-1904, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 166, repr. (as Domenichino)
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department