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David with the Head of Goliath
Provenance
Sold, Puttick & Simpson, London, Jan. 21, 1916, lot 256 to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower right, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, center, in black].
Exhibition history
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings Rediscovered: Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago," April 10-June 22, 1997.
Publications
Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura M. Giles, Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection (Chicago, 1997), pp. 82-83, no. 104 (ill.).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Giuseppe Cesari, called Il Cavalier d'Arpino / Italian, 1568-1640
- Date
- 1591/93
- Medium
- Black chalk on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 11.4 × 7.3 cm (4 1/2 × 2 7/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- chalk
- Place
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 1922.2701
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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00004184
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