DrawingsItalian, Venetian18th century

Head of an Old Man

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal on blue antique laid paper

Culture

Italian, Venetian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

23.2 x 14.4 cm (9 1/8 x 5 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.

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