Dragon's head

Title

Dragon's head

Draughtsman

• Bartolomeo Passarotti school
• Tiburzio Passarotti alternatively

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance
• Italian Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• iron gall ink
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Bolognese

Production Reason

• animal study

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Primary

• 25FF411(+33) dragon (+ head of an animal)
• 25FF411(+336) dragon (+ tongue of an animal)

Secondary

• 25FF411(+49) dragon (+ audible means of communication of animal(s): roaring, crying, singing, barking, mewing, neighing, chirping, etc.)

Historic Attribution

• Baccio Bandinelli draughtsman