Collection
Tableaux et dessins anciens
Giacomo CAVEDONE (Sassuolo, 1577 - 1660 Bologna)
THE HEAD OF AN OLD MAN, PROBABLY ST JOSEPH, c. 1620
Black chalk heightened with white on brown prepared paper
15 x 10 3/4 in
38.1 x 27.3 cm
38.1 x 27.3 cm
Provenance
Probably Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774), Paris (remnants of his typical blue mount),
his sale, Paris, F. Basan, 15 November 1775 - 30 January 1776, lot 361, 'une grosse Tete de vieillard, au bistre, rehaussé de blanc' (as Cavedone);
sale, London, Christie's, 1 July 1986, lot 83,
where acquired by Jeffrey E Horvitz,
his sale, New York, Sotheby's, 23 January 2008, lot 57