Profile head of a youth, with a study of an eye
Faint sanguine profile facing left, with a detached eye sketched below
A youthful head is drawn in delicate red-chalk outline, facing left, with a fainter second contour set just behind it. The features are lightly indicated and the modelling is sparing, so the sheet reads as a slight, exploratory profile study. At the lower right a single eye is sketched on its own, more emphatically drawn, and the Ambrosiana collection stamp appears beside it.
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Youthful profile facing left
The head is drawn in fine outline, facing left, with a fainter overlapping contour just behind it. The features are lightly touched in and the shading is minimal.
Separate study of an eye
At the lower right a single eye is sketched on its own, larger and more firmly drawn than the head above. It reads as a detached study of the feature.