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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Red chalk drawing of an idealized female head with curly hair, turned three-quarters toward the viewer, on cream paper.

Idealized Female Head, Copied after the Antique

Johann Evangelist Kastner, late 18th-early 19th century

Two Male Heads in Profile to Right

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1765-1810

Painted study of an elderly bearded man with white hair, head bowed, against a dark brown background.

Head of a Bearded Man (Nicodemus)

Giacomo Cavedone, 1577-1660

Red chalk drawing of an idealized male head turned right, with curly hair and drapery at the shoulder.

Idealized Head Looking Right, copied after the Antique

Johann Evangelist Kastner, 1800

Red chalk drawing of a man's head with wavy hair and a frilled collar, eyes looking upward, shaded background.

Head of a Man

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1765-1810

Head of a Warrior

Giuseppe Cesari, 1597-1601

Head of a Bearded Old Man in Profile to the Right

Johann Evangelist Kastner, 1800

Red chalk drawing of a warrior in a plumed helmet glancing over his shoulder, with curling hair and a knotted cloak.

Bust of a Warrior Wearing a Plumed Helmet, Looking Toward Spectator Over His Right Shoulder (recto); Sketch of a Leg…

Camillo Procaccini, 1605-9

Head of Christ

Cigoli, 1559-1613

Red chalk drawing of a youth's head with tousled hair on a grey ground, torn fragment mounted on cream paper.

Alternate Study for the Head of a Youth (Formerly a Pentimento Pasted to 1975.131.21)

Jacopo Confortini, 1600-1699

Brown ink drawing of a colonnaded hall with allegorical figures, a river god, cherubs holding a portrait medallion, and schol

Design for a Thesis Print with an Allegory of Knowledge and Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Barberini the Younger (1607-…

Pietro da Cortona, ca. 1635

Black chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a cap, head turned upward, on grey paper.

Head of Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini) (recto); An Outstretched Arm (verso)

Pietro Locatelli, 1669-70

Red and black chalk portrait drawing of a young girl wearing a coral bead necklace, set within an octagonal frame.

Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Agata Dolci

Carlo Dolci, 1676-80

Black chalk drawing of a bearded man looking upward on blue-gray paper, with white highlights on hair and beard.

Head of a Bearded Man

Domenichino, 1620-30

Chalk head study of a bearded man turned to the upper left, with white highlights on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Left

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Chalk drawing on grey paper of a balding, bearded older man with curly hair, turned slightly to the right.

Head of a Bearded Man

Domenico Fetti, 1588/89-1623

Bust of a Youth Looking to Upper Left (recto); Study of Drapery (verso)

Orazio Fidani, 1610-56

Black chalk sketch of a bearded man's head turned to the upper right, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Right

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Pen and wash drawing of a curly-haired man in a cloak riding a rearing horse, with red chalk curls at upper right.

Man on Horseback, Study of a Man's Head (recto); Head of a Young Woman (verso)

Marcello Fogolino, 1483-1548

Red chalk sketch of an angel's half-figure looking upward, with draped robes and wing-like forms on grey paper.

Half-Figure of an Angel Looking Upward (recto); Bust of a Man in Left Profile (verso)

Baldassare Franceschini, 1611-89

Black chalk drawing of a woman's head turned left, with a headscarf and loose curls, on pale blue paper.

Head of a Woman (recto); Head of a Child, Study of Children's Forearms (verso)

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Portrait of John Poyntz

Hans Holbein the Younger, early 16th century

Brown and white drawing of a young woman with lowered eyes wearing a folded headscarf, by Carlo Cignani.

Head of a Young Woman in Three-Quarter View Facing Left

Carlo Cignani, 1670-1700

Pen drawing of a standing robed saint holding a book, with a small head study and faint notes on aged paper.

Standing Figure of Saint Stephen and the Head of Another Figure Within the Framing Outlines of a Rectangle, Crude Ske…

Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1492-94

Pen and brown ink drawing of a frowning man with shoulder-length hair and a loose shirt, in half-length within a ruled border

Portrait of Morose Man in Half-Length

Guercino, 1591-1666

Head of a Man in Profile Facing to the Left

Leonardo da Vinci, 1490-94

Charcoal drawing of a seated bearded man in a robe reading an open book, with a sketched head beside him.

Seated Male Figure with the Head of an Onlooker (recto); Standing Male Figure in a Monk's Habit (verso)

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Portrait of a Scholar

Guercino, 1591-1666

The Head of a Woman in Profile Facing Left

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, 1490-1500

Black and white chalk portrait of a man with curly hair and a wide collar, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Rossa

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1610-30