Ear and Two Eyes, Woman’s Head with Plaited Hair, Leg Study, Head with Bandage, Scheme of the Pyramid of Vision, ca. 1525

Title

Ear and Two Eyes, Woman’s Head with Plaited Hair, Leg Study, Head with Bandage, Scheme of the Pyramid of Vision

Draughtsman

• Michelangelo Buonarroti
• Michelangelo Buonarroti school

Recto

Grotesque heads and further studies

Production Place

• Florence

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Red chalk, sample lines with black pen (chalk?), on ribbed laid paper, distance of chain lines (horizontal) |35|

Material

• chalk
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Florentine

Production Reason

• study
• body study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet links der Mitte (mit der Feder in Braun) fiamma; oben rechts der Mitte zur Unleserlichkeit verwischte Beschriftung (mit roter Kreide); nummeriert oben rechts (mit roter Kreide): XVII

Captions Added Later

Unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• S | ∂ [Gegen- oder Teilmarke]

Work Catalogues

• Nicht bei Hartt
• Dussler 520
• Berenson II.228.1669
• Thode 247

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• study
• portrait

Main Motif

• woman
• child
• man
• head
• body part (human)

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Leon Battista Alberti

Primary

• 31A2 anatomy (non-medical)
• 31A24 postures of the head
• 31AA221(+4) head (human) - AA - female human figure (+ three-quarter view)
• 31A2213 ears
• 31A26 postures of the legs
• 31A225 legs

Secondary

• 49D7 mathematical perspective
• 31AA533 styles of hairdress - AA - ~ women