About the Artwork
Head of an Old Man
mid-17th century
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
1616 - 1670
Italian
Unknown
Pen and brown ink on thin cream wove paper
Sheet (irregular): 7 7/8 × 5 7/8 inches (20 × 14.9 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1SDR58
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Markings
Inscribed, in pen and brown ink, upper left of image: CASTILIONE | GENOVESE.
Stamped, lower right, verso: J. PEOLI (Lugt 2020)
Provenance
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Head of an Old Man, mid-17th century, pen and brown ink on thin cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1SDR58.
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