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Head of a Monastic

A work made of black and colored chalk heightened with white lead (partially oxidized), on blue laid paper, laid down in album.
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  • A work made of black and colored chalk heightened with white lead (partially oxidized), on blue laid paper, laid down in album.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Unknown Florentine
Italian, late 16th Century

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Unknown Florentine

Title

Head of a Monastic

Place

Florence (Artist's nationality:)

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1580–1599

Medium

Black and colored chalk heightened with white lead (partially oxidized), on blue laid paper, laid down in album

Dimensions

26.4 × 19.4 cm (10 7/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1995.16.11

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