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A work made of black, red, brown, and ochre chalks, with stumping and touches of graphite, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black, red, yellow, and brown chalks, heightened with white chalk (verso), on blue laid paper (faded to tan on recto).

Study for Female Head (verso); Head of Christ (recto)

1635/40

Carlo Francesco Nuvolone Italian 1609–1662

Italy

Black, red, brown, and ochre chalks, with stumping and touches of graphite, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black, red, yellow, and brown chalks, heightened with white chalk (verso), on blue laid paper (faded to tan on recto)

Prints and Drawings