Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio)
Study of a Head and Hand
About this artwork
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artist:Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio) (1639 - 1709) Italian
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title:Study of a Head and Hand
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Red chalk, heightened with white, on paper
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measurements:26.50 x 23.40 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy on loan 1966
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accession number:RSA 144
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Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio)
Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio)
Baciccio was an accomplished painter of portraits, altarpieces and frescoes. He moved from Genoa to Rome in his early teens, where he met the influential sculptor and architect Gianlorenzo Bernini, who helped further his career. Baciccio's most important commission in Rome was the painting of the...