DrawingsFlemish17th century

Head of Nero Caesar Augustus

c. 1638

Artists

Peter Paul RubensArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, black chalk, scratchwork at the proper left eye and nose, on cream antique laid paper, mounted down, two brown ink framing lines

Culture

Flemish

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.7 x 19.8 cm (10 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Pierre Crozat, Paris, sold; [Mariette, Paris, 10 April 1741 and following days, probably under lot 810]; to L. J. Lempereur, Paris (L. 1740, lower right), sold [Chariot, Joullain and Boilleau, Paris, 24 May 1773 and following days, under lot 305]; to Pierre François Basan, Paris. Henri Duval, Liège, sold; [Muller, Amsterdam, 22-23 June 1910, lot 335.] Charles A. Loeser, Florence; bequest of Charles A. Loeser, 1932.360.

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