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Self-Portrait; verso: Head by Gian Lorenzo Bernini — VisualArtsDB

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Self-Portrait; verso: Head

Self-Portrait; verso: Head

Self-Portrait; verso: Head

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Medium: Red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
Dimensions: actual: 28.4 x 20.5 cm (11 3/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Italian

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