Studies of Heads
date: label: Date
content: 1760–80
name: label: Artist
content: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The caricatures refer mostly to an old man wearing a wig; some show the bust. The other – non caricature – heads are shown looking downwards or upwards. One is a cherub; some accounting is written in intervals and over sketches. On verso: elevation of a bed alcove with alternative suggestions. The bed is sketched. Above a cherub and the head of a bearded man. Below is the left part of a roughly sketched ornament.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-7294
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 13.1 x 17.4 cm (5 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.)