Studies of a right eye, a face in profile to the left, and a human skeleton

First half of the XVI century. Red chalk on paper.
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The left profile of a head drawn at the bottom of the present sheet is similar to that at the lower right in Studies of face in profile to the left (D1737). The studies of a right eye in right profile immediately above the face relates precisely to an exercise that Michelangelo seems frequently to have set and seems to follow a model such as that seen in a drawing in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, referred to under Studies of faces.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Chicago, Art Services International, 2008, p.316

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Inventory number: D001736
Author: Antonio Mini (Workshop of: Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti))
Title: Studies of a right eye, a face in profile to the left, and a human skeleton
Date: First half of the XVI century
Technique: Red chalk
Support: Paper
Dimension: Height: 185 mm; Width: 180 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931
Entry date: 1931

Bibliography +

Turner, Nicholas y Joannides, Paul, Some drawings by Michelangelo and his circle in the Prado, Boletín del Museo del Prado, XXI, 2003, pp. 14.

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. 316.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 316.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 2522.

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

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