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. (34.9 x 24.6 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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Head, Bearded Man, 1588/89–1623, Black chalk, red, yellow, pink pastel, highlighted, white, gray-green paper, 13-/4 x 9-11/16, 34.9 24.6 cm, Drawings, Domenico Fetti, Italian, Rome, 1591/92–1623, Venice, Consecutively active, Mantua, best, history paintings, drawing, exemplyfies, virtuosity, fine portraitist, intensity, gaze, astutely observed, sitter, recalls, Fetti, celebrated painting, Portrait, Actor, Hermitage, St
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