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Head of a Young Man, 1507. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper · Image/plate: 3 × 2.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Head of a Young Man
- Artist
- Albrecht Altdorfer German, c.1480-1538
- Date
- 1507
- Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 3 × 2.4 cm (1 3/16 × 1 in.); Sheet: 5.6 × 4.4 cm (2 1/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Print and Drawing Club Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.