Head of a Man

1785

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in red-brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.7 × 13.7 cm (8 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 36.5 × 28.7 cm (14 3/8 × 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.91.50

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler 1835 - 1852, p. 196 (series)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1924

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: p. 196 (series)

Inscriptions

in image, at lower center: Sandro Botticelli / C B Bourgevin Vialart de St-Morys 1785 / Hondainville

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