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Giovanni Antonio Burrini
1656-1727
Head of a Man Looking Up and Facing Left
Black chalk, with white chalk, on blue laid paper, altered to blue-gray.
6 9/16 x 5 3/16 inches (167 x 132 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1992.53
Notes: 

Watermark: unidentified fragment of a circle on upper left edge.

Provenance: 
Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de St. Saphorin, Switzerland; art market; purchased in 1973 in Aubonne by Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

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Burrini, Giovanni Antonio
School: 
Italian
Century: 
17th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints