DrawingsItalian16th century

Profile Head of a Young Man

16th century

Artists

Michelangelo BuonarrotiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper mounted at the edges to decorated mount

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

13.6 × 10 cm (5 3/8 × 3 15/16 in.)

Provenance

William Mayor, London (Lugt 2799).[1] Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932 [1] The drawing's mount is also of a type frequently used by Mayor.

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