Head of a boy

SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS P.R.A. (PLYMPTON 1723-1792 LONDON)
Head of a boy
oil on canvas
17¹⁄₈ x 14¹⁄₈ in. (43.5 x 35.8 cm.)

(Possibly) Sir Joshua Reynolds; his sale, Greenwood's, London, 16 April 1796, lot 21, as 'A Boy's Head, after Carracci', 3¹⁄₂ gns. to,
John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (1745-1818).
The Dukes of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, and by descent to,
George Charles Spencer Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1892); his sale, Christie’s, London, 31 July 1886 (=3rd day), lot 215, as 'Sir J. Reynolds (after Correggio)', (7 gns. to Washick).
Private collection, USA.
E. Healy, Rotherham, Yorkshire, by 1970.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 June 1970, lot 129, (320 gns. to Stone).
Private collection, Warwickshire.
Anonymous sale; Dominic Winter, Cirencester, 21 October 2021, lot 6.

G. Scharf, A Catalogue of the Pictures and Works of Art in the Public Rooms at Blenheim Palace, London, 1860, p. 108.
A. Graves & W. V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, London, 1899, III, pp. 1130 and 1242.
M. Postle in D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, New Haven and London, 2000, I, p. 583, no. 2217.

This lot is offered without reserve.
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