# Study of a Head [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PISANELLO]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Silverpoint on parchment ## Commentary A demonstration of Pisanello's creative process is provided by this drawing, a study for one of the heads in the fresco of St George and the Princess of Trebizond. This drawing of an easterner was either executed from life or from the memory of a certain individual encountered by the artist, perhaps in Venice. ## 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]()