Head of a Bearded Man in Profile to Left, possibly the Portrait of the Poet Giorgio Anselmi (ca. 1459-1528), with Faint Sketch of a Skull-like Head
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
Artist bio: Italian, Parma 1503–1540 Casalmaggiore
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1503–40
Medium: Red chalk, the head at the left over a stylus sketch
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 9 1/16in. (13.9 x 23cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1954
Accession year: 1973
Tags: Men|Profiles