Studies of the Head of an Infant (after a three-dimensional model), 1572–74, Black chalk on blue paper, 6 1/4 x 7 in. (15.9 x 17.8 cm), Drawings, Poppi (Francesco Morandini) (Italian, Poppi 1544–1597 Florence), During the Italian Renaissance, drawing sculptures was a fundamental step in the training of a young draftsman. On this sheet, the artist known as Poppi (from his birthplace in Tuscany) drew a group of six studies of heads after a three-dimensional model, a sculpture or marble relief of a putto or a cherub
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