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FEDERICO BAROCCI (URBINO C. 1535-URBINO 1612)

The head of an old man

c.1575

RCIN 905232

A chronic illness restricted Barocci’s painting activity to short periods in the morning and evening. But he was a prolific draughtsman, and used coloured chalks more extensively than any other artist before the eighteenth century, allowing him to determine both lighting and colour in a preparatory sheet. This may be a study for one of the background heads in his altarpiece known as the Madonna del Popolo (Uffizi). No. 53

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