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Design for a Leonine Grotesque Head by Anonymous, Italian, 16th to 17th century — VisualArtsDB

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Design for a Leonine Grotesque Head

Design for a Leonine Grotesque Head

Design for a Leonine Grotesque Head

Anonymous, Italian, 16th to 17th century

1500–1699

Medium: Black chalk, over dotted traces of graphite or black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 3 9/16 x 4 5/16 in. (9 x 11 cm)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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