DrawingsItalian16th century

Eagles' Heads

16th century

Artists

Bartolomeo PassarottiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on dark cream antique laid paper, partially laid down to two layers of cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15 x 18.8 cm (5 7/8 x 7 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Paul J. Haldeman (deceased 2002), Brookline, MA and Jackson, MS, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, HUAM, 2002.

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