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The Young Italian.

Date1845

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 7/16 x 8 3/4in. (31.6 x 22.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 10in. (35.6 x 25.4cm)

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionBust-length portrait of a young man, seen from behind, looking over his right shoulder. He wears Renaissance costume, including a cap, apparently of velvet, with a feather attached with a brooch. A cape decorated with braid is fastened with a cord. His tunic has what appears to be a shawl collar and full, slashed sleeves. His dark hair falls in curls to his shoulders.

Object number1946.11.12

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE YOUNG ITALIAN. / 153."
On verso, in pencil: upper left, "/EXU" "2 [in circle]"; lower left, accession number; lower right, "Drawer 25".NotesSubject Note: Probably based on a Renaissance portrait or painting, or possibly on a nineteenth-century Renaissance revival work. (Finlay 8/8/2003)

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