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Sketch of a Child's Head (verso)
Inscriptions
upper right, in graphite: 262 [upside down] ; upper center, in brown ink: Aqueta i53 ; center left, in brown ink: Amor di mertrice [sideways] ; center left, in brown ink: Carleto [partially crossed out] Callia ri e ma[tt?]o [sideways] ; lower left, in brown ink: A.a.b.c.d.efg [sideways] ; lower center, in brown ink: Amordimeret[illegible] [sideways]
Provenance
[Colnaghi & Co.]
Exhibition history
The Venetian Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 8, 1956-January 1, 1957). Veronese and His Studio in North American Collections. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL (organizer) (October 1-November 15, 1972); Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL (December 2-31, 1972).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Carletto Caliari (Italian, 1570–1596)
- Date
- c. 1586
- Medium
- black chalk with pen and brown ink (unrelated to child's head)
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 27.5 x 17.8 cm (10 13/16 x 7 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Accession no.
- 1929.549.b
More by Carletto Caliari in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011990
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