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Study of a Male Head and Nose, for "Belshazzar's Feast" by Washington Allston — VisualArtsDB

Study of a Male Head and Nose, for "Belshazzar's Feast"

Study of a Male Head and Nose, for "Belshazzar's Feast"

Washington Allston

1820–1821

Medium: Graphite on blue-gray wove paper
Dimensions: 24.3 x 19.3 cm (9 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Verso has very faint sketch of head and shoulders in white chalk.

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Lower Half of Daniel's Robe, for "Belshazzar's Feast"

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Washington Allston, 1817

Plaster Right Hand; verso: Male Torso, for "Dead Man Revived..."

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Deathbed Scene, for "The Death of King John;" verso: Tree

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Interior with Columns, Archway and Steps, for "Dido and Anna"

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