Bust of a Bearded Man (Cartoon Fragment for Joseph of Arimathea in the Altarpiece of Santa Chiara)
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- Title: Bust of a Bearded Man (Cartoon Fragment for Joseph of Arimathea in the Altarpiece of Santa Chiara)
- Artist: Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) (Italian, Città della Pieve, active by 1469–died 1523 Fontignano)
- Date: ca. 1495
- Medium: Black chalk, pricked for transfer, and squared, a second piece of paper (original) joined below, irregularly cut and roughly made up above
- Dimensions: 10 5/8 × 9 13/16 in. (27 × 25 cm)
Framed: 19 7/8 in. × 26 in. × 1 in. (50.5 × 66 × 2.5 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Governing Body of Christ Church, Oxford (0122).
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints