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Monk's Head

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
The young man shows the collar of a monk's habit, and his head is tonsured. He looks down to the right.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Print Maker
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727–1815
After
Annibale Carracci, Italian, 1560–1609
Publisher
John Chamberlaine, English, 1745 - 1812
Date
1796
Credit Line
Bequest of George Campbell Cooper
Medium
Stipple engraving in sanguine ink on white paper
Dimensions
43.1 × 32.9 cm (16 15/16 × 12 15/16 in.)
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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