Study of the Head of a Youth Gazing Upward

1471·Black chalk; Squared in black chalk; eyes, nose, ears, mouth retouched with pen and brown ink.·8 7/8 x 5 15/16 in. (22.6 x 15.1 cm)

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Catalogue

Year: 1471
Medium: Black chalk; Squared in black chalk; eyes, nose, ears, mouth retouched with pen and brown ink.
Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 5 15/16 in. (22.6 x 15.1 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Pietro Perugino

Artist

Pietro Perugino

Painting

Pietro Perugino was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school who developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance. Raphael became his most famous pupil.

Città della Pieve, Italy

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