Study of the Head of a Youth Gazing Upward, late 15th–early 16th century, Black chalk; Squared in black chalk; eyes, nose, ears, mouth retouched with pen and brown ink., 8 7/8 x 5 15/16 in. (22.6 x 15.1 cm), Drawings, Workshop of Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) (Italian, Città della Pieve, active by 1469–died 1523 Fontignano), This study of a male head, seen from below in a foreshortening technique known in Italian as 'di sotto in su' (meaning “from below, upward”), may have served as a preparatory study for a figure in a painting
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Study, Head, Youth Gazing Upward, late 15th–early 16th century, Black chalk, Squared, black, eyes, nose, ears, mouth retouched, pen, brown ink, 8 7/8 x 5 15/16, 22.6 15.1 cm, Drawings, Workshop of Perugino, Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, Italian, Città della Pieve, active by, 1469–died, 1523, Fontignano, study, male head, foreshortening technique, di sotto, su, meaning, upward, served, preparatory study, figure, painting
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