Mauro GANDOLFI (Bologne 1764-1834)
Study of four heads
Study of six heads
Pair of drawings, black stone, red chalk highlights.
10 x 27 cm
Mauro and Gaetano Gandolfi executed numerous studies of heads, mostly in black stone. According to
Prisco Bagni, it is difficult to distinguish between them. Some of Gaetano's heads were however engraved by Luigi
Tadolini (see P. Bagni, I Gandolfi affreschi dipinti bozzetti disegni, Milan, 1992, n° 593 to 601, reproduced). The pair