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Head of a Man by Hubert François Gravelot — VisualArtsDB

Head of a Man

Head of a Man

Hubert François Gravelot

1756–1773

Medium: Pen and black ink, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 8.3 × 7.3 cm (3 5/16 × 2 7/8 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkchalk sticksinkpen and ink drawingsprints and drawinginorganic materialcoating (material)paper (fiber product)

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