Head for a Male Figure
1781. White chalk, Red chalk on dark toned paper.Not on display
This is a preparatory drawing for the figure in the left part of the upper register of the cupola interior of the fresco Regina Prophetarum. The latter was painted in 1781 and is located in the right nave of the Holy Chapel of the Basilica of the Pilar in Zaragoza. The Museo Diocesano in Zaragoza keeps two preparatory sketches, one in grisaille. Furthermore, in the Museo del Prado, there are several preparatory drawings for the fresco. This is the study of the figure’s head, depicted in more than three-quarter length, foreshortened, and almost in profile.
Arnáez, Rocío, Catálogo de Dibujos II. Dibujos españoles siglo XVIII. A-B, Madrid, 1975, p.83
