The Head of a Woman in Profile to the Right

Etching, 1770-178 circa. Beneath the image, on the right, hadwritten note “G. Gandolfi f.”

Excellent example, printed on contemporary laid paper, thin margin, in perfect condition.

The etching also appears along with six other prints by Gandolfi, two of them signed, in a single large sheet; examples are in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Bologna and in a private collection.

Gaetano Gandolfi was an important and eclectic figure of 18th-century Bologna. He was a painter and a very skilful draughtsman, but also devoted himself successfully to engraving. As his biographers agree, from an early age he used to progressively define the rightness of his intuition in drawing. Dozens and dozens of Gandolfi's sketches and drawings are to be found in museums and private collections all over the world. Since the 18th century, they have been collectors' items and are a sure way of learning about the development of his thought and the evolution of the style that was to influence the Bolognese school until the middle of the following century.