1577–1668
The Head of a Youth in a Turban

Red chalk on paper
Image size: 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (14.5 x 12 cm)
Wash line mount and ebonised frame

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A drawing of the head and shoulders of a youth, facing right. He has long hair and wears a turban. This drawing in red chalk shows how readily the artist mastered the challenges of the medium. He understood how to vary the pressure of the chalk on the paper, when to juxtapose parallel hatching with sinuous contours and when to leave passages of paper untouched.