Description:  Illegible inscription at the top, cut by the margin. Numbered in pen and brown ink in the upper left corner: 648, and in the lower right corner: 18 and 6 (Sparre)

Cartoon for the head of the Baptist at upper left in the artist's altar painting, "Virgin and Child attended by saints", from 1484, in Capella di S. Onofrio in the cathedral of Perugia.

The drawing has been carefully and comprehensively pricked, which means that its main elements could be transferred to another surface by tapping along the lines with a bag of fine black dust (chalk, charcoal).  [Also see Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 405] [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. X]

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Luca Signorelli | Johannes Döparens huvud | Nationalmuseum

Luca Signorelli | Head of Saint John the Baptist | Nationalmuseum

Foto: Cecilia Heisser/Nationalmuseum 2018

Titel (sv): Johannes Döparens huvud
Titel (en): Head of Saint John the Baptist
Titel i inventariet (sv): Stort manshufvud, blickande mot höjden
Titel (fr): Tête de Saint Jean Baptiste

Title (sv): Johannes Döparens huvud
Title (en): Head of Saint John the Baptist
Inventory title (sv): Stort manshufvud, blickande mot höjden
Title (fr): Tête de Saint Jean Baptiste