Head of a Man
Domenico Campagnola
1401 to 1500
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
Overall (approximate): 11.3 x 8.2 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/4 in.) support: 23.3 x 21.2 cm (9 3/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1971.17.1
About the Artist
Domenico Campagnola · 1500–1564
Domenico Campagnola (c. 1500–1564), a Venetian Renaissance painter, engraver, and pioneering draftsman, was born around 1500, likely in Venice to German parents, and became a child prodigy under the tutelage of his adoptive father, Giulio Campagnola. Apprenticed to Giulio around 1507 in Venice, he mastered painting, drawing, engraving, and woodcutting from the esteemed Paduan engraver, whose stipp...