DrawingsItalian16th-17th century

Profile Head of a Bearded Ecclesiastic

16th-17th century

Artists

Pietro FacciniArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Oiled black chalk heightened with white on tinted tan antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

33.8 × 25.9 cm (13 5/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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