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Man Smoking a Pipe (recto); Standing Man and Two Studies of His Head (verso)

1697–1768
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Man Smoking a Pipe (recto); Standing Man and Two Studies of His Head (verso)
  • Artist: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, Venice 1697–1768 Venice)
  • Date: 1697–1768
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, over traces of lead or graphite (recto); vertical ruled line in lead or graphite at center, standing men and study of profile head in pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite or lead; study of head in graphite (verso)
  • Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 6 7/16in. (29.8 x 16.4cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1939
  • Object Number: 39.79
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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