Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Left (Saint Ambrose), Carlo Maratti, 1625–1713

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Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Left (Saint Ambrose), 1625–1713, Red chalk on blue paper, 7 15/16 x 6 7/16in. ( x ), Drawings, Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625–1713 Rome), Study for the head of Saint Ambrose in an altarpiece representing the ‘Virgin with Saints Francis of Sales, Nicholas of Myra, and Ambrose’, painted by Maratti during a visit to the Marches in 1672 and intended for the high altar of the church of Saint Nicola in Ancona

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Size: 4091px × 4857px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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