Caricature of a Man Pointing

Provenance

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Artist: Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome)
Date: 1610–80
Medium: Pen and brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/16 x 4 1/8 in. (12.9 x 10.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Alain and Marie-Christine van den Broek d'Obrenan Gift, 2008
Accession no.: 2008.600

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