Although by a mediocre hand, this head calls to mind those in red chalk of a similar type by Giovanni Agostino da Lodi (active c. 1467-1524/25), a Milanese follower of Leonardo, a fine example of which is in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (inv. no. 90.GB.116).
Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Virginia, Art Services International, 2008, p.308
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. 308.
Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Virginia, 2008, pp. 308.
Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 317.
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Inscribed in pencil.
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Leonardesco, Lire 5
Inscribed in pen and brown ink.
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