DrawingsItalian18th century

Portrait Head of a Man

18th century

Artists

Giovanni Battista TiepoloArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25 × 19.5 cm (9 13/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Richard Owen, Paris, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930

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