Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Left (Saint Ambrose)
Carlo Maratti
1625–1713
Medium
Red chalk on blue paper
Dimensions
7 15/16 x 6 7/16in. (20.2 x 16.3cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1963
Accession Number
63.98.2
Tags
HeadsMen
About the Artist
Carlo Maratti · 1625–1713
Son of a Dalmatian father. Known as the last major Italian artist of the classical tradition, which had originated with Raphael. He created a grandiose and decorative style that was valued by his ecclesiastical patrons. Comment on works: History; Religious.