The Album of Villard de Honnecourt, early 13th century, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

The Album of Villard de Honnecourt, early 13th century, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

The Album of Villard de Honnecourt, early 13th century, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

The Album of Villard de Honnecourt, early 13th century, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

Anonymous Bohemian artist, Head of a Bearded Man, 1360-80, pen and grey-brown ink, brush with grey-black and brown wash, traces of white gouache highlights, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Anonymous Bohemian artist, Head of a Bearded Man, 1360-80, pen and grey-brown ink, brush with grey-black and brown wash, traces of white gouache highlights, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This very refined and unusually well-preserved study may have been created by an artist in the immediate circle of the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1355-78) at Prague. The sheet was probably made as an exemplar in a model-book rather than as a preliminary study for a specific work.

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The Album of Villard de Honnecourt, early 13th century, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
The Album of Villard de Honnecourt, early 13th century, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Anonymous Bohemian artist, Head of a Bearded Man, 1360-80, pen and grey-brown ink, brush with grey-black and brown wash, traces of white gouache highlights, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.