Portrait of a man, bust-length, wearing a hat
ca. 1510–15
Medium
Red chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 7 11/16 x 7 in. (19.6 x 17.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, 2001 Benefit Fund, Anne and Jean Bonna, Jessie and Charles Price, and Sally and Howard Lepow Gifts, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 2002
Accession Number
2002.123
Tags
About the Artist
Hans Schäufelein · 1480–1540
Hans Schäufelein (c. 1480–c. 1540) was a German painter and graphic artist of the Northern Renaissance whose career placed him at the heart of one of the most dynamic artistic environments in European history. As a young man, he entered the workshop of Albrecht Dürer in Nuremberg, an experience that proved decisive: Dürer's meticulous approach to draughtsmanship, his mastery of printmaking, and hi...