Head of a Child / Jacopo Bassano / Attributed to Jacopo Bassano
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.490
- Title
- Head of a Child
- Artist
- Jacopo Bassano
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- (c. 1510 - c. 1592)
- Medium and Support
- charcoal on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 16th century
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Italy (nation)
- Veneto (region)
- Vicenza (province)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Italy (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Veneto (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Vicenza (province)
- Credit Line
- Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
- Style/Group/Movement
- Late Renaissance
- Dimensions
- 56.83 cm x 47.31 cm (22 3/8 in. x 18 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Physical Description
- This drawing depicts the head of a boy looking slightly downward to his right in three-quarters profile.
- 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.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1537 x 2203
- File Size
- 227 KB
- Record
- 2009/1.490
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.490/2009_1.490.jpg
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"Head of a Child; Jacopo Bassano; Attributed to Jacopo Bassano." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.490/2009_1.490.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
