Studies of heads, masks, the head of a lion, and hands

XVI century. Pencil, Grey-brown ink on paper.
Not on display

The right half of the sheet, with studies of fifteen heads, including a mask in profile, upper right corner, repeats a drawing by an imitator of Cambiaso in the Accademia, Venice (inv. no. 418). Both the left and right sections are repeated in two studio drawings in Berlin (inv. nos. 16031 and 16032).

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Chicago, Art Services International, 2008, p.280

See work in timeline

RDF

Technical data

Studies of heads, masks, the head of a lion, and hands

Clic para ampliar

Inventory number: D001669
Author: Anonymous (Follower of: Luca Cambiaso)
Title: Studies of heads, masks, the head of a lion, and hands
Date: XVI century
Technique: Pencil; Grey-brown ink
Support: Paper
Dimension: Width: 470 mm; Height: 342 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. 280.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 280.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 520.

Inscriptions +

55. cinquanta cinque (margen superior derecho de la página del "Album", de mano del coleccionista de la "doble numeración")
Inscribed in pen and brown ink. Support

Un^o (margen derecho de la página, un propietario italiano posterior ha numerado el dibujo)
Inscribed. Support

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

Visor 360

Drag with the cursor to rotate the piece

Print on demand

Print artworks available in our catalogue in high quality and your preferred size and finish.

Image archive

Request artworks available in our catalogue in digital format.