# Head of an Old Man [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PISANELLO]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Black chalk on paper, 263 x 186 mm ## Commentary In addition to preparatory studies by Pisanello for formal painted or medallic portraits, there exist drawings done from life as private exercises. Moreover, there are drawings what might be thought of as carefully worked-up physiognomic studies: independent portrait drawings in which the artist moves beyond the mere recording of outward appearance in order to suggest a mood or the character of the model. The present, finely executed drawing of an old man belongs to the latter group. ## Related artworks - [Alfonso of Aragon]() - [Alfonso of Aragon]() - [Annunciation]() - [Apes \(from the artist's sketchbook\)]() - [Apparition of the Virgin to Sts Anthony Abbot and George]() - [Borso d'Este]() - [Borso d'Este]() - [Bust of an Old Man]() - [Cecilia Gonzaga]() - [Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg]() - [Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg]() - [Filippo Maria Visconti]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()