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Head of a Bearded Man
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Head of a Bearded Man

Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri)

1620–30

Medium

Black chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on blue-gray paper partly faded light brown

Tags

HeadsMenPortraits

Dimensions

13-3/8 x 9-9/16 in. (34.0 x 24.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gustavus A. Pfeiffer Fund, 1994

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri)

1581–1641 • Papal States

Domenichino was the son of a son of a successful shoemaker. He studied and worked with Ludovico Carracci's studio and under Annibale Carracci. From his frescoes and altarpieces, he was an influential exponent of the 17th-century classical style. Best known for landscapes and for sensitive depictions of facial expression and gestures.

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