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Studies for Three Male Heads and a Female Figure

Francesco Salviati

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Studies for Three Male Heads and a Female Figure
16th century
Francesco Salviati
pen and brown ink on white paper, laid down
6 9/16 in x 9 ¾ in (16.67 cm x 24.77 cm);14 3/10 in x 19 3/10 in (36.35 cm x 49.05 cm);6 9/16 in x 9 4/5 in (16.67 cm x 24.92 cm)
Gift through the Estate of Edward Sonnenschein
1970/2.16

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Subject Matter:

Many renaissance artists drew groups of figures, draperies, heads or limbs, often focusing on one object from different angles and vantage points. Here, we see a frontal bearded head, a full female figure, and two other versions of the same man’s heads in profile. Each element is at a different distance. Francesco Salviati, an artist from Florence, may have been practicing and experimenting with how he would create figures in a larger artwork.

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