Head of a Man wearing a Laurel Wreath
Italian (Ferrarese) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1500
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
14.75 in (h)17.25 in (w)
Collection
Buscot and Coleshill Estates, Oxfordshire
NT 1510596
Summary
Oil painting n panel, Head of a Man wearing a Laurel Wreath, Italian (Ferrarese) School.Profile of the Head of a Man wearing a Laurel Wreath. Called School of Ferrara?. He wears a black laurel wreath and brown toga, his long nose standing out against black circle within brown ring and spandrels, these with white mixed in. Flaked in parts.
Provenance
Collection Rt. Hon. James Edward 5th Earl of Malmesbury CBE (1872 - 1950); his sale Christie's 3rd November 1950, lot 5
Makers and roles
Italian (Ferrarese) School, artist