DrawingsDutch17th century

Head of a Man

1639

Artists

Jan van de Velde IIArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over graphite on parchment

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

9.8 × 7.3 cm (3 7/8 × 2 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Francis Wellesley, sold [through his sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 28, 1920, lot 796 with its pendant]. Sold [Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 27, 1922, lot 21 with its pendant]. Sir Robert Witt, London. Carl Robert Rudolf, London, sold [through his estate sale, Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, April 18, 1977, lot 123]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston

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