Seated Crowned Male Figure Holding a Book or Scroll (recto); Seated Nude Boy (verso) — Bernardino Poccetti. Seated Crowned Male Figure Holding a Book or Scroll (recto); Seated Nude Boy (verso), 1548–1612. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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AT-00020536

Seated Crowned Male Figure Holding a Book or Scroll (recto); Seated Nude Boy (verso)

by Bernardino Poccetti

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Artist: Bernardino Poccetti (Italian, San Marino di Valdelsa 1548–1612 Florence)
Date: 1548–1612
Medium: Charcoal on blue paper (recto); charcoal (verso)
Dimensions: 12-1/8 x 8-7/16 in. (30.8 x 21.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1971
Accession no.: 1971.63.2

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