Grotesque Head, Seen Full-face

XVI century. Red chalk on yellow paper.
Not on display

This drawing and Grotesque Head, in profile, D1415, which are clearly by the same hand, have apparently remained together since the late seventeenth century. Their style suggests the School of Raphael, and so their old ascription to Polidoro is here maintained.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Virginia, Art Services International, 2008, p.357

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Inventory number: D001416
Author: Anonymous (Follower of: Polidoro da Caravaggio)
Title: Grotesque Head, Seen Full-face
Date: XVI century
Technique: Red chalk
Support: Yellow paper
Dimension: Height: 136 mm; Width: 93 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931
Entry date: 1931

Bibliography +

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 357.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Virginia, 2008, pp. 357.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 917.

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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