{"id":8986,"date":"2026-10-26T14:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/product\/\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:51:11","slug":"etudes-de-tetes-orientales-et-de-profils-par-gaetano-gandolfi","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/product\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\/","title":{"rendered":"Studies of Oriental Heads and Profiles by Gaetano Gandolfi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Gaetano Gandolfi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(San Matteo della Decima, 1734 \u2013 Bologna, 1802)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Studies of Oriental Heads and Profiles (or Studies of Character Heads)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pen and black ink on paper.<\/p>\n<p>156 mm x 224 mm &#8211; 6 1\/8 x 8 13\/16 in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibition:<\/strong> <em>Biennale del Disegno. Profili del mondo<\/em>, Museo della Citt\u00e0 di Rimini, April 23 \u2013 July 10, 2016, no. 35.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bibliography:<\/strong> <em>Profili del mondo. Il racconto naturale e umano nel paesaggio<\/em>, Museo di Rimini, Modugrafica Forlivese, Forl\u00ec, 2016, no. 35, ill. 35.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetano Gandolfi is one of the most important masters of the 18th-century Bolognese School. Trained at the Accademia Clementina in Bologna, he traveled to Venice in 1760, where he was influenced by Giambattista Tiepolo and Venetian painting. Considered one of the great draftsmen of his time, he is renowned for his technical mastery, his incisive penwork, and his famous \u201ccharacter heads,\u201d inspired by the tradition of Rembrandt and the Venetian masters.<\/p>\n<p>This drawing perfectly illustrates the artist\u2019s virtuosity in the art of pen-and-ink drawing, where the network of parallel and crisscrossing hatching creates, with great precision, the volumes, the textures of the hairstyles and clothing, as well as the contrasts of light.<\/p>\n<p>It is a study of facial expressions featuring several busts and profiles. Notable among them are figures of Eastern inspiration wearing turbans adorned with feathers, alongside distinctive faces with mustaches and delicate feminine profiles adorned with pearls. These studies of heads served both to prepare larger compositions and to stand as independent works sought after by passionate collectors.<\/p>\n<p>Similar works and \u201ccharacter heads\u201d by Gaetano Gandolfi are housed in major public collections, notably at the Museo Civico d\u2019Arte Antica in Bologna, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence.<\/p>\n<p>Condition Report: In magnificent condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaetano Gandolfi (San Matteo della Decima, 1734 \u2013 Bologna, 1802) Studies of Oriental Heads and Profiles (or Studies of Character Heads) Pen and black ink on paper. 156 mm x 224 mm &#8211; 6 1\/8 x 8 13\/16 in. Exhibition: Biennale del Disegno. Profili del mondo, Museo della Citt\u00e0 di Rimini, April 23 \u2013 July [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8987,"template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[100,79],"product_tag":[24,345,105,269,353,500,35],"class_list":["post-8986","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-bolognese-school","product_cat-italian-school","product_tag-18th","product_tag-old-master-drawings","product_tag-black-ink","product_tag-study","product_tag-gallery","product_tag-n22","product_tag-pen","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Studies of Oriental Heads and Profiles by Gaetano Gandolfi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gaetano Gandolfi (San Matteo della Decima, 1734 \u2013 Bologna, 1802) Studies of Oriental Heads and Profiles (or Studies of Character Heads) Pen and black ink on paper. 156 mm x 224 mm - 6 1\/8 x 8 13\/16 in. Exhibition: Biennale del Disegno. Profili del mondo, Museo della Citt\u00e0 di Rimini, April 23 \u2013 July&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/product\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Studies of Oriental Heads and Profiles by Gaetano Gandolfi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gaetano Gandolfi (San Matteo della Decima, 1734 \u2013 Bologna, 1802) Studies of Oriental Heads and Profiles (or Studies of Character Heads) Pen and black ink on paper. 156 mm x 224 mm - 6 1\/8 x 8 13\/16 in. Exhibition: Biennale del Disegno. Profili del mondo, Museo della Citt\u00e0 di Rimini, April 23 \u2013 July&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/product\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Drawings-online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Drawings-online\/100034942735866\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-26T14:51:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F669_1-768x768.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@OnlineDrawings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u00c9tudes de t\u00eates orientales et de profils par Gaetano Gandolfi - Drawings-online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/F669_1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-26T13:00:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-26T14:51:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/F669_1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/F669_1.png\",\"width\":1800,\"height\":1800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/product\\\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gallery\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/galerie\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"18e\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/product_tag\\\/18e\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Studies of Oriental Heads and Profiles by Gaetano Gandolfi\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Drawings-online\",\"description\":\"Dessins en ligne\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Drawings-online\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/drawings-icone-transp-e1607442878135.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/drawings-icone-transp-e1607442878135.png\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"caption\":\"Drawings-online\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/drawings-online.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/people\\\/Drawings-online\\\/100034942735866\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/OnlineDrawings\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/drawings_online_com\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Studies of Oriental Heads and Profiles by Gaetano Gandolfi","description":"Gaetano Gandolfi (San Matteo della Decima, 1734 \u2013 Bologna, 1802) Studies of Oriental Heads and Profiles (or Studies of Character Heads) Pen and black ink on paper. 156 mm x 224 mm - 6 1\/8 x 8 13\/16 in. Exhibition: Biennale del Disegno. Profili del mondo, Museo della Citt\u00e0 di Rimini, April 23 \u2013 July&hellip;","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/product\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Studies of Oriental Heads and Profiles by Gaetano Gandolfi","og_description":"Gaetano Gandolfi (San Matteo della Decima, 1734 \u2013 Bologna, 1802) Studies of Oriental Heads and Profiles (or Studies of Character Heads) Pen and black ink on paper. 156 mm x 224 mm - 6 1\/8 x 8 13\/16 in. Exhibition: Biennale del Disegno. Profili del mondo, Museo della Citt\u00e0 di Rimini, April 23 \u2013 July&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/product\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\/","og_site_name":"Drawings-online","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Drawings-online\/100034942735866\/","article_modified_time":"2026-10-26T14:51:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":768,"url":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F669_1-768x768.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@OnlineDrawings","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/product\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\/","url":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/product\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\/","name":"\u00c9tudes de t\u00eates orientales et de profils par Gaetano Gandolfi - Drawings-online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/product\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/product\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F669_1.png","datePublished":"2026-10-26T13:00:54+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-26T14:51:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/product\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/product\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/product\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F669_1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F669_1.png","width":1800,"height":1800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/product\/studies-of-oriental-heads-and-profiles-by-gaetano-gandolfi\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gallery","item":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/galerie\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"18e","item":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/product_tag\/18e\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Studies of Oriental Heads and Profiles by Gaetano Gandolfi"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/","name":"Drawings-online","description":"Dessins en ligne","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Drawings-online","url":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/drawings-icone-transp-e1607442878135.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/drawings-icone-transp-e1607442878135.png","width":150,"height":150,"caption":"Drawings-online"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Drawings-online\/100034942735866\/","https:\/\/x.com\/OnlineDrawings","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drawings_online_com\/"]}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/8986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=8986"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=8986"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drawings-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=8986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}