Head of a Man in Profile
Luca SignorelliWW-1490-320294
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Catalogue
- Year
- 1490
- Dimensions
- 11 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (29.9 x 24.4 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Luca Signorelli
Artist
Luca Signorelli
Painting
Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona, in Tuscany, who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive frescos of the Last Judgment (1499–1503) in Orvieto Cathedral are considered his masterpiece.
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Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels
1512 · oil on panel transferred to hardboard
WW-1512-269763
The Crucifixion
1504 · tempera, oil, and gilding on panel
WW-1504-266433
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Bust of a Youth Looking Upward [recto]
1500 · black chalk partially indented with a stylus on tan laid paper
WW-1500-278667
![Two Nude Figures [verso]](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luca%20Signorelli%2C%20Two%20Nude%20Figures%20%28verso%29%2C%20c.%201500%2C%20NGA%2072063.jpg)
Two Nude Figures [verso]
1500 · black chalk on tan laid paper
WW-1500-278669
The Marriage of the Virgin
1490 · tempera on panel
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Madonna and Child
1470 · tempera
WW-1505-320293
Record
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- Luca Signorelli
- Year
- 1490
- Dimensions
- 11 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (29.9 x 24.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1490-320294
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified