Head of a Man

c. 1530

Follower of Michelangelo

Associated Names
Michelangelo

Artist, Florentine, 1475 - 1564

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk with pen and black ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    overall: 11.6 x 9 cm (4 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.47.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Borghese. Prince W. Argoutinsky-Dolgorougoff. Maurice Marignane (Lugt 1872). Hubert Marignane (Lugt 1343a). Ian Woodner Family Collection, New York; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Woodner Collection: Master Drawings. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 13 (as Michelangelo).

Inscriptions

by later hand in brown ink, across center: la para [remainder not deciphered]; by later hand, lower right in brown ink: [long inscription, not deciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q64562109

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