Bust of a Young Man in Profile

Bust of a Young Man in Profile

1430/40 · Italy

Metalpoint on cream laid paper, prepared with grayish white ground over red chalk wash ground, laid down on blue wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Margaret Day Blake Collection

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