Head of a Bearded Man, Domenico Fetti, 1588/89–1623


Head of a Bearded Man, 1588/89–1623, Black chalk, red, yellow, and pink pastel, highlighted with white on gray-green paper, 13-/4 x 9-11/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Domenico Fetti (Italian, Rome (?) 1591/92–1623 Venice), Consecutively active in Rome, Mantua, and Venice, Domenico Fetti is best known for his history paintings, but this drawing clearly exemplyfies his virtuosity as a fine portraitist. The intensity of the gaze of this astutely observed sitter recalls Fetti's celebrated painting, the Portrait of an Actor, in the Hermitage, St


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