Skip to main content
Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.
Menu
Main navigation
Visit
Toggle Visit submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Visit
—
Visit
—
Family visits
—
Group visits
—
Audio app
—
Out-of-hours tours
—
Tours and talks
—
Object trails
—
Accessibility
—
Food and drink
—
Late opening on Fridays
—
Museum map
Exhibitions and events
Collection
Toggle Collection submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Collection
—
Collection
—
Collection online
—
Galleries
—
Blog
—
The British Museum podcast
Learn
Toggle Learn submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Learn
—
Learn
—
Schools
—
Communities
—
Adult learning
—
Young people
Membership
Toggle Membership submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Membership
—
Membership
—
Renew Membership
—
Events
—
Buy Membership
—
Renew Gift Membership
—
Existing Members
—
Buy Under 26 Membership
—
Upgrade your Membership
—
How your money helps
—
Buy Gift Membership
—
Visiting as a Member
—
Members' Room
Support us
Toggle Support us submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Support us
—
Donate
—
Corporate support
—
Become a Patron
—
Supporter case studies
—
Become a Volunteer
—
Leave a legacy
—
American Friends of the British Museum
Secondary navigation
Shop
Search
Donate
Hide menu
drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1946,0713.654
Description
Head of a bearded man turned to right Black chalk, heightened with white, on grey-brown paper
Producer name
Drawn by:
Anonymous
Formerly attributed to:
Sebastiano del Piombo
School/style
North Italian
Production date
16thC
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
325 millimetres
Width:
238 millimetres
Curator's comments
Lit.: A.E. Popham, 'Catalogue of Drawings in the Collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., F.R.S., now in the possession of his Grandson, T. Fitzroy Phillipps Fenwick of Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham', I, London, 1935, p. 81, no. 1, pl. XXXVII (as Attributed to Sebastiano del Piombo)
Bibliographic references
Phillipps-Fenwick 1935 / Catalogue of drawings in the collection of T Fitzroy Phillipps-Fenwick
(p.81(1))
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Count Antoine Seilern
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Samuel Woodburn
(Christie's, 12.vi.1860/part of lot 1083 'Head of an apostle, Raffaelle, and various', 17 in the lot, bt Phillipps £0-10-0)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir Thomas Phillipps
(Sir)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
Acquisition date
1946
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1946,0713.654