About this artwork
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artist:Giorgio VasariItalian (1511 - 1574)
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title:Study of a Man's Head and Separate Sketches of his Right Arm and Hand
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Black chalk heightened with white on blue paper (with a few spots of oil colour)
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measurements:18.70 x 22.10 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy on loan 1966
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accession number:RSA 219
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Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari
Vasari enjoyed a highly successful and prolific career as a painter, draughtsman, designer, and architect but he is best known today as the author of the pioneering Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (1550; expanded edition, 1568). It earned him the reputation as the...
