Head of a Youth on Blue Prepared Paper
A three-quarter youthful head in black chalk on blue paper, laid in an ornate mount
On blue prepared paper, a youthful head is drawn in black chalk with soft modelling and touches of lighter heightening, turned in three-quarter view with curling hair and a serene, faintly smiling expression. The sheet is laid onto a decorative tan mount ruled with several concentric lines. A small collector's mark appears near the lower right of the drawing. No text accompanies the study.
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Three-quarter head of a youth
A young, androgynous face is turned to the viewer's right in three-quarter view, with softly curling hair framing the brow and ear and a gentle, half-smiling mouth. The neck and a hint of the shoulders are lightly sketched below.
Black chalk with heightening on tinted ground
The blue prepared ground allows the artist to model the features with black chalk shadows and pale heightening, giving a rounded, luminous relief to the face. The technique is that of a finished head study made toward a picture.