# Drawing of a Man’s Head with an Unusual Turban

- Date: c. 1780
- Medium: gum tempera and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Miniature: 22.6 x 16.5 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh
- Credit line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.174)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2018.174/2018.174_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The painting is a study of a man’s head, perhaps for a finished portrait. It was a common practice among artists to make preparatory sketches of people, to be manifested in later portraits. The artist has rendered the drawing with heavy outline on the eyebrows, eye, and moustache, while soft tones are employed for the modelling of the face.