Harvard Art Museums > 1932.148: Profile Head of a Young Man Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Profile Head of a Young Man (Attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti) , 1932.148,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 21, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/298521. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1932.148 People Attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian (Caprese, Italy 1475 - 1564 Rome, Italy) Title Profile Head of a Young Man Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 16th century Places Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/298521 Physical Descriptions Medium Red chalk on cream antique laid paper mounted at the edges to decorated mount Dimensions 13.6 × 10 cm (5 3/8 × 3 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks collector's mark: l.l., black ink, stamped: L. 2799 watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 3/26/2004. Provenance Recorded Ownership History William Mayor, London (Lugt 2799).[1] Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932 [1] The drawing's mount is also of a type frequently used by Mayor. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser Accession Year 1932 Object Number 1932.148 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Bernard Berenson, The Drawings of the Florentine Painters, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL, 1938), vol. II, no. 1623E, p. 221 as Andrea di Michelangelo Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 121, p. 74; vol. 2, repr. fig. 77, as school of Michelangelo Luitpold Dussler, Die Zeichnungen des Michelangelo: Kritischer Katalog, Gebr. Mann (Berlin, Germany, 1959), no. 382, p. 207 Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 118 ("Cartella con due stelle nere") Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
