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Portrait of a Bearded Old Man by Claude Mellan — VisualArtsDB

Portrait of a Bearded Old Man

Portrait of a Bearded Old Man

1600–1699

Medium: Red and black chalk on buff laid paper
Dimensions: 12.7 × 8.7 cm (5 × 3 7/16 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkprints and drawinginorganic materialpaper (fiber product)red chalk

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