Head of a Bearded Man (Nicodemus)

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Artist: Giacomo Cavedone (Italian, Sassuolo 1577–1660 Bologna)
Date: 1577–1660
Medium: Oil paint on paper
Dimensions: 15-9/16 x 11-1/8 in. (39.5 x 28.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Kate Ganz Dorment, in memory of her father, Victor W. Ganz, 1988
Accession no.: 1988.140

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

Study for Christ Child
Giacomo Cavedone
1610/12 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002116
Study for Mercury
Giacomo Cavedone
1613/14 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003045
Head of the Virgin Looking Upwards
Giacomo Cavedone
c. 1615 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003489
Crossed Hands (recto); Right Foot, Partially Covered by Drapery (verso)
Giacomo Cavedone
1625/29 (recto); c. 1620 (verso) · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00005164

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.