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Head of a Screaming Man (recto) by Benjamin West, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Screaming Man (recto)

Benjamin West (d. 1820)

1792 · Drawing, black crayon

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Drawing of a Man’s Head with an Unusual Turban by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Drawing of a Man’s Head with an Unusual Turban

Unrecorded maker

c. 1780 · Painting, gum tempera and gold on paper

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Head of a Screaming Man (recto); Woman and Man Playing Cards (verso) by Benjamin West, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Screaming Man (recto); Woman and Man Playing Cards (verso)

Benjamin West (d. 1820)

1792 · Drawing, black crayon

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A Young Woman Buying a Pink from a Young Man by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, The Cleveland Museum of Art

A Young Woman Buying a Pink from a Young Man

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (d. 1754)

c. 1740 · Drawing, black crayon (wetted and rubbed) heightened with white chalk on faded blue paper

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Head of a Young Man (Study for L'Oiseau de passage) by Paul Gavarni, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Young Man (Study for L'Oiseau de passage)

Paul Gavarni (d. 1866)

1853 · Drawing, graphite and red chalk with stylus heightened with white on off-white woven paper

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Portrait of a Man by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man

John I Smart (d. 1811)

c. 1775 · Portrait Miniature, gray, red, and purple wash and graphite on laid paper

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Sheet of Studies: Seated Man, Head of a Dog, Seated Woman by Claude-Joseph Vernet, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sheet of Studies: Seated Man, Head of a Dog, Seated Woman

Claude-Joseph Vernet (d. 1789)

1700s · Drawing, red chalk (seated man); black chalk (head of a dog); pen and brown ink over black chalk (seated woman)

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Head of a Young Man by Antoine Coypel, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Young Man

Antoine Coypel (d. 1722)

1715–1717 · Drawing, red, black, and white chalk with stumping

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Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Man by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Man

Unrecorded maker

280–90 CE · Sculpture, marble

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Salome with the Head of John the Baptist by Nicolaus Knupfer, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Nicolaus Knupfer (d. 1655)

c. 1650 · Drawing, pen and brown ink, brown washes and white heightening (oxidized), over black chalk on antique laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink

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Woman and Man Playing Cards (verso) by Benjamin West, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman and Man Playing Cards (verso)

Benjamin West (d. 1820)

1792 · Drawing, black crayon

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Portrait of Mr. Gambier by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Mr. Gambier

John I Smart (d. 1811)

c. 1776 · Portrait Miniature, graphite and wash on laid paper

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