Half-Length Study for a Portrait of a Young Man

Quick Overview

Artist: Pietro Antonio Novelli (Italian, Venice 1729–1804 Venice)
Date: mid-18th–early 19th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, with touches of pink and blue in the face
Dimensions: 6 9/16 x 4 5/8 in. (16.7 x 11.7 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession no.: 1975.1.385

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Faith Overcoming Heresy (recto); Tracing after Faith Overcoming Heresy (verso)
Pietro Antonio Novelli
1779/91 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00005011
Diana Visiting the Sleeping Endymion
Pietro Antonio Novelli
1729–1804 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020450
A Venetian Family Portrait Group
Pietro Antonio Novelli
after 1750 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00023890
Design for a Trade Card
Pietro Antonio Novelli
mid-18th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00023891

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