SAVOLDO, Giovanni Girolamo
(b. 1480, Brescia, d. 1548, Venezia)

Head of a Bearded Man

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Black chalk heightened with white on blue paper, 245 x 170 mm
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York

This head and shoulder of a bearded man with his left hand at his chest, with closed eyes and partly parted lips may represent the suffering Christ or a saint shown in a pose of ecstasy or martyrdom. The drawing is attributed to Paris Bordone by some critics.