Gaetano GandolfiItalian, 1734–1802Five Grotesque Heads
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Not on view at present
Where is “Five Grotesque Heads” now? Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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About the work
From an early age, Gaetano Gandolfi was admired for his drawings, many of which were created as independent works of art and avidly collected by Italian and British patrons. This drawing is one of Gandolfi’s so-called teste pittoriche, or pictorial heads. Devised by the artist in the 1770s, this genre is based on contemporary academic theories that proposed that human emotions could be scientifically classified by facial expressions.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Details
- Accession number
- 1969.277
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- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
