Paintings Collection

Bolognese Artist (c.1600)

Head of an old Man

Oil on paper, laid on canvas, mounted as a drawing; 28.7 x 20.9 cm

Prov: H.D. Molesworth

Purchased, 1955; WA1955.31

Formerly attributed to Beccafumi, this oil-sketch may be a study for the figure of a prophet or saint such as St Joseph in a Holy Family. A similar expressive head in oil on paper from the same model (and with the same provenance) was on the art market in 1979.

Information derived from the The Ashmolean Museum index.php/complete Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings.