Head of a Bearded Man in a Hat

ca. 1650

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Black and red chalk, blue pastel
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (9.6 x 8.9 cm)
Collection no.: 2010.440
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0License details

Adriaen van Ostade. Head of a Bearded Man in a Hat. Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment and Frits and Rita Markus Funds, 2010. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access, CC0. Full-frame resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Head of a Bearded Man in a Hat — Adriaen van Ostade. ca. 1650.

Medium: Black and red chalk, blue pastel. Dimensions: Sheet: 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (9.6 x 8.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment and Frits and Rita Markus Funds, 2010.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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