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Bust of a Youth Looking Upward [recto]
c. 1500
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- black chalk partially indented with a stylus on tan laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 22.5 x 17.7 cm (8 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1991.8.1.a
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Luca Signorelli. Bust of a Youth Looking Upward [recto]. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Bust of a Youth Looking Upward [recto] — Luca Signorelli. c. 1500.
Medium: black chalk partially indented with a stylus on tan laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 22.5 x 17.7 cm (8 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1991.8.1.a. Woodner Collection, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.