Grotesque Head of a Jut-Jawed Old Man
Right-facing caricature profile in red-brown ink
A grotesque profile head faces right, sketched rapidly in red-brown ink. The face is a caricature of extreme age, with a heavy overhanging brow, deeply hollowed cheek, a snub protruding nose and a jutting, nearly lipless jaw, the throat laid in with quick parallel strokes. The features are exaggerated in the tradition of Leonardo's grotesque heads.
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Grotesque profile of an aged man
The head is turned to the right and caricatured through the distortions of age: a beetling brow shadows a sunken eye, the cheek falls away into a deep hollow, and the toothless mouth is thrust forward under a snub nose. Hurried hatching describes the beard-line and neck, giving the sketch a caustic, exaggerated character.