Study of the Head of a Youth Gazing Upward, late 15th?early 16th century, Black chalk; Squared in black chalk; eyes, nose, ears, mouth retouched with pen and brown ink. , 8 7/8 x 5 15/16 in. (22. 6 x 15. 1 cm), Drawings, Workshop of Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) (Italian, Citt? della Pieve, active by 1469?died 1523 Fontignano), This study of a male head, seen from below in a foreshortening technique known in Italian as 'di sotto in su' (meaning "from below, upward"), may have served as a preparatory study for a figure in a painting