Study of a head in profile, three feet and a lower leg, ca. 1519 – 1520

Title

Study of a head in profile, three feet and a lower leg

Draughtsman

• Titian

Contractor, employer

• Altobello Averoldi

Recto

Study for St. Sebastian in the high altar of SS. Nazarro e Celso, Brescia

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Brown ink on grey-blue ribbed laid paper, distance of chain lines (horizontal) |32|32|34|33|

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• body study

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): χοξο [χοεο?; χορό, Akk. sing. von χορός?; alternativ bei um 180° gedrehtem Blatt: 030X]
Oben rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Chiara Moretto Wiel 1988.44.13
• Wethey 1987.146.22
• Tietze/Tietze-Conrat 1944.317.1915

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• personal depiction

Main Motif

• foot
• head

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Sebastian (saint)

Primary

• 31A221(+3) head (human) (+ sideview, profile)
• 31A2255 foot
• 31A2253 lower leg

Historic Attribution

• Jacques de Gheyn II draughtsman