Design for a Man's Headdress

Baccio del Bianco

ca. 1620–56 · Brown ink · Drawings and Prints

Design for an elaborate headdress, placed on a man's head. The headdress is made up out of feathers with in its center a precious stone. More (semi-) precious stones appear to have been planned for the curling strips surrounding the man's head and in the center of each feather. On the lower left a list for the costsof a costume is written down.

Artist

Baccio del Bianco

Date

ca. 1620–56

Medium

Brown ink

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948