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Half-Length Study for a Portrait of a Young Man

Half-Length Study for a Portrait of a Young Man

Half-Length Study for a Portrait of a Young Man

Pietro Antonio Novelli

1736–1835

Medium: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, with touches of pink and blue in the face
Dimensions: 6 9/16 x 4 5/8 in. (16.7 x 11.7 cm)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Half-Length Study for a Portrait of a Young Man by Pietro Antonio Novelli — VisualArtsDB