Study of a Child's Head

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Title	Study of a Child's Head
Material and technique	Metalpoint on grey-pink prepared paper, heightened with white
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 97 mm Width 69 mm
Artists	Artist: Anoniem Previously attributed: Lorenzo di Credi Circle of: Benozzo Gozzoli
Accession number	I 244 (PK)
Credits	Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1940
Creation date	in circa 1480-1490
Watermark	geen / none, v#, #P
Inscriptions	'28' (top left, in pen in brown), '2' (bottom right, in pencil), '3' (verso, top centre, in pencil). On the removed mount: '68' (bottom right, in pencil), '47' (bottom left, in pencil), 'No78' encircled (verso, top left, in pen in brown), 'fr 150' (verso, centre, in pencil), 'Mantegna No78.Cat 1' (verso, bottom left, in pencil, not in Lugt)
Collector	Collector / Franz Koenigs
Mark	Unknown mark (not in Lugt) on removed blue mount, F.W. Koenigs (L.1023a on removed blue mount)
Provenance	Anon. (indistinct double standing oval mark, not in Lugt); Sale Madame X., Paris (Drouot) 23.05.1928, lot 49, pl. 7 (Venetian School, early 16th century); Franz W. Koenigs (1881-1941, L.1023a), Haarlem, acquired in 1928 (Italian, c. 1480); D.G. van Beuningen (1877-1955), Rotterdam, acquired with the Koenigs Collection in 1940 and donated to Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Research	Show research Italian Drawings 1400-1600
Material	Silverpoint > Metalpoint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Paper > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Technique	Prepare > Prepared > Shaping techniques > General technique > Technique > Material and technique Prepare > Prepared > Shaping techniques > General technique > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin	Italy > Southern Europe > Europe

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Entry catalogue Italian Drawings 1400-1600

Author: Gert Jan van der Sman

On a visit to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen on 18 May 1962, Philip Pouncey placed this charming drawing of a child’s head in the circle of Benozzo Gozzoli (c.1420-1497). However, the boy’s facial type is too far removed from Gozzoli’s style to justify an association with this artist. Carmen Bambach suggested a possible attribution to Lorenzo di Credi (1456/1459-1537), which would push the date to the end of the fifteenth century.

The outlines of the boy’s face and the edges of the eyelids were almost certainly retouched by a later hand, making it difficult to judge the original drawing style. In the absence of specific points of contact, we opt for the description ‘Florence, c.1480-1490’.