Bust of a Man Looking Left
Medium
Red chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 3 5/8 x 2 13/16 in. (9.2 x 7.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Jean A. Bonna Gift, 2007
Accession Number
2007.223.27
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Art Historical Context
This delicate red chalk drawing, titled *Bust of a Man Left*, dates to the 17th and is attributed to Hanstenhammer the Younger or anonymous artist of the period. Measuring just 3⅝ × 2⅞ inches (9.2 × 7.1 cm), its intimate scale invites close contemplation, typical of preparatory sketches from the Baroque era. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Drawings and Prints—acquired through the Jean A. B Gift in 2007—it exemplifies the meticulous draftsmanship prized by European artists during a time when portrait studies captured the human form with lifelike precision. Rendered in ...
About the Artist
Hans Rottenhammer the Younger|Anonymous, 17th century (German| ) · 1622 |1600 –1668 |1700
German, 1622–1668 Bamberg|