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Male Head and Sketch of Right Hand Holding Stylus

Antonio da Correggio · 1520/24

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The drawing "Male Head and Sketch of Right Hand Holding Stylus" by Antonio da Correggio was created between 1520 and 1524. It measures 35.2 × 24.7 cm (13 7/8 × 9 3/4 in.) and is rendered in red chalk on blue laid paper, which is laid down on cream laid card. The work is classified as a chalk drawing and is held in the Prints and Drawings department of the Art Institute of Chicago, forming part of The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection.

Antonio da Correggio, an Italian Renaissance painter (1489–1534), is the artist attributed to this work. His nationality is not explicitly stated in the provided artist authority record. No provenance information is available for this specific drawing in the supplied catalogue data.

The drawing has been featured in one publication: "Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection" (Chicago, 1997), pp. 330-31, no. 471 (ill.), by Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura M. Giles. No exhibition history for this artwork is provided in the catalogue record.

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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. 330-31, no. 471 (ill.).

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