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Guido Reni
Head of a Man [Nicholas Lanier?]circa 1625-1630

Not on view
Drawing in black and red chalk on tan paper, head and shoulders of a bearded man with wavy hair gazing upward, with blended shading and loose, expressive linework

Guido Reni, Head of a Man [Nicholas Lanier?], circa 1625-1630, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the 1993 Collectors Committee, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Guido Reni
Italy, Bologna, 1575-1642
Title
Head of a Man [Nicholas Lanier?]
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1625-1630
Medium
Red and black chalk on gray paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/2 in. (29.21 cm) Frame: 23 1/2 × 19 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (59.69 × 49.53 × 2.86 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 1993 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
AC1993.21.1
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Davis, Bruce. Master Drawings in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Stevens, Matthew, ed. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York : Distributed by Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
  • James, Susan E. "The Model as a Catalyst: Nicholas Lanier and Margaret Lemon." Jaarboek Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (1999): 70-89.