Head of Christ

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Artist: Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi) (Italian, Castello di Cigoli 1559–1613 Rome)
Date: 1559–1613
Medium: Oil paint on a sheet of paper that had previous writing by the artist in pen and brown ink (surface varnished)
Dimensions: 16-15/16 x 11-7/16 in. (43.0 x 29.0 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1987
Accession no.: 1987.198

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.

The Adoration of the Shepherds with Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi)
1599 · Painting
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00014711
Design in Elevation for the Façade of a Building
Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi)
1590–1610 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018345
Study for a Male Figure Lowered into a Grave (recto); Kneeling Female Figure in Profile to Left (verso)
Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi)
1607–13 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019783
Religion Kneeling before a Monstrance, Attended by Putti
Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi)
1559–1613 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019785

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