Life-size Head of a Man (Head of an Italian)

Life-size Head of a Man (Head of an Italian)
Life-size Head of a Man (Head of an Italian)
Life-size Head of a Man (Head of an Italian)
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Life-size Head of a Man (Head of an Italian)
Date
c.1752-53 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk heightened with white on grey laid paper,
Dimensions
Metric: 362 x 267 mm
Imperial: 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.
Accession Number
DYCE.637
Wilson Online Reference
D161
Exhibited
London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (23)
Provenance
Bequeathed by the Revd Alexander Dyce 1869
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Critical commentary
Ford compared the stylistic handling of this drawing with that of D162 Portrait of Thomas Jenkins, The Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum, New York, noting the rendering in the dark shadow of the eye sockets and the handling of the collar and cuff.
Bibliography
Solkin 1982, p. 158; Spencer-Longhurst 2012, pp. 66-67, fig. 38