DÜRER, Albrecht
(b. 1471, Nürnberg, d. 1528, Nürnberg)

Head of a Negro

1508
Charcoal, 320 x 218 mm
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna

This study was done in Nuremberg. A Negro always figured in scenes of the Adoration of the Wise Men. This drawing is parallel in time with the studies for the Heller Altar; in comparison with them it has a special freshness.