Domenico Cresti (called Il Passignano)
The Head of a Youth

CultureItalian
Titles
  • The Head of a Youth
Datec. 1600–1625
PlaceItaly
MediumRed chalk on laid paper
Dimensions11 1/16 × 7 13/16 in. (28.1 × 19.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Museum Collectors and the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2009.516
Not on view

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Provenance[Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London, by 2009]; purchased by MFAH, 2009.
Exhibition History"Building the Master Drawings Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Millennium Corridor, Beck Lower Level, September 30 - December 21, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in brown ink on old backing sheet (affixed to frame when it was with dealer): "Del Pasigniano" [removed to file]

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