Title: Study for a Nativity, Bearded Male Saint, and Head Studies (recto); Two Head Studies (verso)
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1750–1815
Artist:  Bartholomaeus Ignaz Weiss 
Artist bio: German, Munich 1730–1814/15 Munich
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over red chalk and traces of lead? on cream paper (recto); red chalk (verso)
Dimensions: 8-1/2 x 13-9/16 in.  (21.6 x 34.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Virgin Mary, term: Jesus, term: Nativity, term: Saints