Specifications
| Title | Head of the Virgin and a Study of the Christ Child’s Face and Foot |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black chalk, pen and brush in brown ink |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 293 mm Width 193 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
School of:
Andrea Mantegna
Maker: Anoniem |
| Accession number | MB 945 verso (PK) |
| Credits | From the estate of F.J.O. Boijmans, 1847 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1847 |
| Creation date | in circa 1479 |
| Watermark | none (vH, 6P) |
| Inscriptions | 'Ano 1479 donum domini ac magistri mei [?]' (recto, upper left, along edge of of sheet, pen and brown ink), [...] (verso, above right, lines of text cut off at edge of sheet, pen and brown ink) |
| Collector | Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans |
| Mark | Museum Boymans (L.1857) |
| Provenance | Frans J.O. Boijmans (1767-1847, L.1857), Utrecht, bequest 1847 |
| Exhibitions | Mantua 1961, no. 139; Paris/Rotterdam/Haarlem 1962, no. 24; London/New York 1992, no. 62; Rotterdam 2009-2010 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Italiaanse tekeningen in Nederlands bezit (1962) |
| Research |
Show research Italian Drawings 1400-1600 |
| Literature | Cat. 1852, no. 574 (Quentin Matsys); Cat. 1869, no. 453 (Quentin Matsys); Schmidt-Degener 1911, no. 578, pp. 255-57, ill. (Mantegna); Jaarverslag 1911, p. 11; Bertaux/Gillet/Dacier 1913, p. 28 (Mantegna); Cat. 1921, no. 569; Tietze-Conrat 1923, p. 341 (Mantegna); Cat. 1925, no. 578; Cat. 1927, no. 578; Popham/Wilde 1949, p. 174, under no. 16 (school of Andrea Mantegna); Tietze-Conrat 1955, pp. 207-08, ill. verso (school of Mantegna); Mantua 1961, pp. 184-185, no. 139; Schmitt 1961, pp. 96, 131, no. 70; Paris/Rotterdam/Haarlem 1962, pp. 30-31, no. 24, ill. (Mantegna School); Ragghianti 1962, pp. 32-34; Ruhmer 1962, p. 244 (Ercole de Roberti ); Ruhmer 1963, pp. 619-20 (Ercole de Roberti); Manca 1986, pp. 363-64; London/New York 1992, no. 62 (after Mantegna); Manca 1992, p. 189, no. R41; Molteni 1995, p. 221, no. 94, ill.; Salmazo 2004, p. 256, no. 18, ill. (after Mantegna); Agosti 2005a, p. XVIII; Agosti 2005b, p. 213; Paris 2008, p. 414, under no. 183 |
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| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
