Head of a Horse; verso: Sheep's Head and Study of a Sheep (?)
DrawingsFlemish17th century

Head of a Horse; verso: Sheep's Head and Study of a Sheep (?)

17th century

Artists

Anthony van DyckArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Black and white chalk on blue paper; verso: brown ink and black chalk
Culture
Flemish
Century
17th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 25.7 x 13.1 cm (10 1/8 x 5 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091, without his mark), long-term loan; to Fogg Art Museum, 1947, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

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