Profile of a Man

Lombard 16th Century1500/1520

Details

Title: Profile of a Man
Creator: Lombard 16th Century
Date Created: 1500/1520
Physical Dimensions: overall: 42.2 x 27.2 cm (16 5/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
Provenance: (P.& D. Colnaghi, before 1912); Henry Oppenheimer [1859-1932], London; (sale, London, Christie's, 13 July 1936, no. 153, as Ambrogio da Predis); (Bacri, Paris);[1] Benjamin Sonnenberg [1901-1978]; (sale, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 5-9 June 1979, lot 110, as Bernardino dei Conti); (Stuart Denenberg, San Francisco); (Mia Weiner, New York); (Yvonne tan Bunzl, London); (P.& D. Colnaghi, London); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, July 1985; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, 1990; gift to NGA, 1998. [1] This drawing does not appear to be among those seized by the Nazis from Bacri, according to files at the National Archives.
Medium: black chalk with stumping and touches of red chalk heightened with white on laid paper; laid down

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