Head of a Man in Profile, 1490s, Black chalk, pen and brown ink, heightened with white., 11 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (29.9 x 24.4 cm), Drawings, Luca Signorelli (Luca d'Egidio di Luca di Ventura) (Italian, Cortona, active by 1470–died 1523 Cortona), This sheet is a significant example of the scientific study of perspective in the fifteenth century. It represents an exercise in foreshortening the human head, through which the profile could be used to construct alternative views
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Head, Man, Profile, 1490s, Black chalk, pen, brown ink, heightened, white, 11 3/4 x 9 5/8, 29.9 24.4 cm, Drawings, Luca Signorelli, d'Egidio di Luca Ventura, Italian, Cortona, active by, 1470–died, 1523, sheet, significant example, scientific study, perspective, fifteenth century, represents, exercise, foreshortening, human head, profile, construct alternative, views
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