Head of beared man (recto), Study of an apostle (verso)

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Artist: Giacomo Cavedone (Italian, Sassuolo 1577–1660 Bologna)
Date: ca.1620–60
Medium: Black chalk (or charcoal?) and highlighted with traces of white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 in. × 8 15/16 in. (35.5 × 22.7 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Burton and Sandra Freeman, 2022
Accession no.: 2022.414.2a, b

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Study for Christ Child
Giacomo Cavedone
1610/12 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002116
Study for Mercury
Giacomo Cavedone
1613/14 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003045
Head of the Virgin Looking Upwards
Giacomo Cavedone
c. 1615 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003489
Crossed Hands (recto); Right Foot, Partially Covered by Drapery (verso)
Giacomo Cavedone
1625/29 (recto); c. 1620 (verso) · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00005164

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