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Study of a Head

ca. 1508–18
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Study of a Head
  • Artist: Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo (Italian, Brescia 1480/85–after 1548)
  • Date: ca. 1508–18
  • Medium: Black chalk on blue paper, highlighted with white
  • Dimensions: 6 x 4in. (15.2 x 10.2cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
  • Object Number: 1972.118.275
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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