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''The Laughing Youth'' or ''Head of a Laughing Youth'' is an oil on card painting by
''The Laughing Youth'' or ''Head of a Laughing Youth'' is an oil on card painting by Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of th ...
, later applied to a canvas support. Belonging to a group of 'ritrattini' or small portraits produced by the artist from 1582 onwards, it is first mentioned in the written record as ”Buffone che ride” (''The Smiling Clown'') in an inventory of the Borghese collection from 1693.
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