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Domenichino
1581-1641
Head of an Angel
Black and white chalk on blue paper; outlines pricked for transfer; strip of paper added at left side by artist.
16 5/8 x 13 13/16 inches (423 x 351 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Alice Tully.
1973.18
Provenance: 
The Earls of Spencer, Althorp, Northants. (Lugt 1531); private collection, England; Richard Day, London.
Associated names: 

Spencer, Earl of, former owner.
Tully, Alice, 1902-1993, donor.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 185.

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Domenichino
School: 
Italian
Century: 
17th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints