Head of a Man

1575–1633

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Red chalk
Dimensions: 11 15/16 x 7 13/16in. (30.4 x 19.9cm)
Collection no.: 1996.115
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Tanzio da Varallo. Head of a Man. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Head of a Man — Tanzio da Varallo. 1575–1633.

Medium: Red chalk. Dimensions: 11 15/16 x 7 13/16in. (30.4 x 19.9cm).

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

Credit line: Purchase, Wildenstein Gift, 1996.

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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