Head for a Female Figure
1777. White chalk, Red chalk on dark toned paper.Not on display
This is a preparatory sketch for the head of the figure in the lower-left corner of the fresco The Martyrdom of Saint Eugene, painted in 1777 and located in the cloister of Toledo Cathedral. Two preparatory sketches for the fresco are extant: one in Toledo Cathedral and the other in the Royo Sinués Collection in Zaragoza (this sketch was published in the Catalogue of the Bayeu Exhibition in Zaragoza in 1964). This drawing depicts a female head with her back turned, with only part of the left profile visible and with an elaborate hairstyle.
Arnáez, Rocío, Catálogo de Dibujos II. Dibujos españoles siglo XVIII. A-B, Madrid, 1975, p.61-62
