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School of Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
The head of a bearded man, facing left c. 1510-30
Pen and brown ink | 11.0 x 78.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 912174
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A drawing of the head of a man, with a long curling beard. He is turned three quarters to the left, but fixes the viewer with a gimlet left eye.
The type is one familiar in Dürer's work and may in this case be a St Joseph. It is used in Dürer's workshop as late as 1552 by Hans Beham in his Kunst und Lehrbuchlein.Provenance
First recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1800-1820 (Inv.A, p.14: 'Heads of the old Masters: two in the stile of Pietro Perugino')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and brown ink
Measurements
11.0 x 78.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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RL 12174
