The Head of Pompey Presented to Julius Caesar (recto); Study for an Elaborate Door Frame (verso) — Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini. The Head of Pompey Presented to Julius Caesar (recto); Study for an Elaborate Door Frame (verso), 1675–1741. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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The Head of Pompey Presented to Julius Caesar (recto); Study for an Elaborate Door Frame (verso)

by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini

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Artist: Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Italian, Venice 1675–1741 Venice)
Date: 1675–1741
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red and black chalk; traces of white chalk at upper right edge (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (verso)
Dimensions: 11 5/16 x 14 11/16in. (28.7 x 37.3cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of John S. Newberry, 1961
Accession no.: 61.210

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