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Man Wearing a Large Cloak and a Small Naked Man on His Head
ca. 1637–40
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash (recto). Lined with a very thin sheet of paper (verso)
- Dimensions
- 8 3/8 x 3 15/16 in. (21.2 x 10.0 cm)
- Collection no.
- 1981.395
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jusepe de Ribera. Man Wearing a Large Cloak and a Small Naked Man on His Head. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Man Wearing a Large Cloak and a Small Naked Man on His Head — Jusepe de Ribera. ca. 1637–40.
Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash (recto). Lined with a very thin sheet of paper (verso). Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 3 15/16 in. (21.2 x 10.0 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1981.
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.