Grotesque heads and further studies, ca. 1525

Title

Grotesque heads and further studies

Draughtsman

• Michelangelo Buonarroti
• Michelangelo Buonarroti school

Verso

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

Production Place

• Florence

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Red 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
• expression study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Verso 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

Verso 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

• caricature
• study
• personal depiction

Main Motif

• head
• body part (human)
• body part (animal)
• man

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Leonardo da Vinci

Primary

• 32A7 characters (human types)
• 31A221 head (human)
• 51DD4 Ugliness
• 92L41 satyr(s) (in general)

Secondary

• 31B62322 grimacing
• 41D221 head-gear
• 47I213 sheep