Man Smoking a Pipe (recto); Standing Man and Two Studies of His Head (verso) — Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal). Man Smoking a Pipe (recto); Standing Man and Two Studies of His Head (verso), 1697–1768. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Man Smoking a Pipe (recto); Standing Man and Two Studies of His Head (verso)

by Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)

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Artist: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, Venice 1697–1768 Venice)
Date: 1697–1768
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over traces of lead or graphite (recto); vertical ruled line in lead or graphite at center, standing men and study of profile head in pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite or lead; study of head in graphite (verso)
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 6 7/16in. (29.8 x 16.4cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1939
Accession no.: 39.79

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