DrawingsItalian16th-17th century

Portrait Head of a Man

16th-17th century

Artists

Jacopo Palma GiovaneArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk with traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper prepared with a red chalk wash

Culture

Italian

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 11.3 x 8.5 cm (4 7/16 x 3 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Agnes Mongan, Cambridge, MA, Purchased from an unknown bookstore, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1951. Purchased for $5

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