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Child's Head (Recto) Nude Male Figure (Verso)

Antonio da Correggio · n.d.

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"Child's Head (Recto) Nude Male Figure (Verso)" is a drawing by Antonio da Correggio, executed in black chalk heightened with white chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper. The dimensions are 31.6 × 23.4 cm (12 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.). No specific date of creation is provided in the catalogue data.

The drawing was formerly owned by Frederick R. Aikman before being sold at Puttick & Simpson, London, on March 14, 1913, to William F. E. Gurley. It was subsequently given to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922 for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, where it is classified under Prints and Drawings.

Antonio da Correggio, an Italian Renaissance painter, was active from 1489 to 1534. The provided comparable holdings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art do not include any works attributed to Correggio.

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Provenance

Ownership history

Frederick R. Aikman; sold, Puttick & Simpson, London, Mar. 14, 1913, to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower right, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, center on mount, in black].

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Literature

Published references

Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura M. Giles, Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection (Chicago, 1997), pp. 333 and 335, no. 479 (ill.).

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