Portrait of an Ecclesiastic Wearing a Biretta

Annibale Carracciprobably 1580/1590

Details

Title: Portrait of an Ecclesiastic Wearing a Biretta
Creator: Attributed to Annibale Carracci
Date Created: probably 1580/1590
Physical Dimensions: Overall (approximate): 31.6 x 22.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 13/16 in.) support: 39.8 x 30.8 cm (15 11/16 x 12 1/8 in.)
Provenance: Charles-Gilbert, Viscount Morel de Vinde (according to inscription on back of mount); Samuel Woodburn; Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445); Samuel Woodburn; Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (Lugt 2710b), and by descent (sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1972, no. 75); P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., for NGA, purchase in 1972.
Medium: red chalk heightened with white

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