
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003045Study for Mercury
Inscriptions
Inscribed recto, upper left, in pen and brown ink: "22"
Provenance
Charles Deering (1852–1927), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 516)]; by descent to his daughters, Mrs. Chauncey McCormick (née Marion Deering; 1886–1965), Chicago and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson (née Barbara Deering; 1885–1957), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1927.
Exhibition history
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, "Bolognese Drawings in North American Collections," 1982, cat. 42 (ill.), as Francesco Albani.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Giacomo Cavedone / Italian, 1577-1660
- Date
- 1613/14
- Medium
- Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on brownish-gray laid paper
- Dimensions
- 42 × 26 cm (16 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- chalk
- Place
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- The Charles Deering Collection
- Accession no.
- 1927.7665
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