DrawingsItalian15th-16th century

Head of a Bearded Man

15th-16th century

Artists

Michelangelo BuonarrotiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk, with some incising, on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

15th-16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.7 × 9.4 cm (6 3/16 × 3 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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