Head of a Child
Jacopo Bassano
Description
Subject Matter:
In this study the artist skillfully uses shading to evoke the three-dimensionality of the boy’s head in capturing the shape of his cranium, his rounded cheeks, and the curving forms of his lips and eye sockets.
Physical Description:
This drawing depicts the head of a boy looking slightly downward to his right in three-quarters profile.
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