Head of a Bearded, Young Man in Profile Facing Right, 1545–55, Black chalk on light brown paper, 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (21 x 15.8 cm), Drawings, Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano) (Italian, Monticelli 1503–1572 Florence), This delicately drawn study portrays the bearded head of a youthful man of Apollonian beauty that might have been used to represent the figure of Christ. The modeling of the shadows is seamlessly blended, with a masterful use of the technique of stumping, or rubbing in, of the individual strokes of soft black chalk
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