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Head of a Bearded Man

Jean Pesne (French, 1623–1700)
After: Nicolas Poussin (French (active in Rome), 1594–1665)
about 1645-1675

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 18.4 × 11.8 cm (7 1/4 × 4 5/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM18248
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 81, possibly i/ii (the impression is trimmed within the platemark); Le Blanc 74
Marks Verso, right center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Croft Bequest (Lugt 469)
ProvenanceGardner Brewer (b. 1806-d. 1874), Boston; 1874, by bequest to his daughter, Caroline A. Brewer (Mrs. Arthur Croft)(d. 1898); 1898, her bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1902)