Profile head of an old man in red chalk
Bald, large-nosed man seen in profile facing left; a character study
A red-chalk study of the head and shoulders of an elderly man seen in strict profile, facing left. He is largely bald with a heavy brow, a prominent hooked nose and a set, downturned mouth, the features worked up with reddish hatching. Faint underdrawing behind the head suggests the outline was reworked or the sheet reused; no transcribed text accompanies the drawing.
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Profile head of an elderly man
The head is drawn in sharp profile, emphasising the jutting nose, sunken eye and firm jaw of a character or expressive head study. Reddish chalk hatching models the cheek, brow and neck. The study focuses on the physiognomy of the single head.