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Gaetano Gandolfi
Head of a Man in Oriental Costumecirca 1775

Not on view
Oil painting portrait of a bearded older man in profile wearing a cream and tan turban, hands clasped at his chin, against a dark brown background

Gaetano Gandolfi, Head of a Man in Oriental Costume, circa 1775, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Gaetano Gandolfi
Italy, San Matteo della Decima, 1734-1802
Title
Head of a Man in Oriental Costume
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1775
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 19 × 13 15/16 in. (48.26 × 35.4 cm) Frame: 24 1/2 × 19 1/2 × 2 in. (62.23 × 49.53 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.82.199
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

Private collection, Italy, sold to; [Patrick Matthiesen Fine Art Ltd, London, sold 1982 to]; LACMA.

Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.

  • Conisbee, Philip et al. The Ahmanson Gifts: European Masterpieces in the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.


  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 1, Italian Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.