# Study of a Boy’s Head

- By: Annibale Carracci (Bologna, 1560–1609)
- Date: c. 1580 - c. 1589
- Medium: prepared paper, chalk
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 135 mm x width 114 mm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-1889-A-2149--3177d8161fe0359c01074a5aac5005d5)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/cxesa/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Together with his cousin and brother, Annibale Carracci led a large workshop with several pupils in Bologna, where drawing from live models was the order of the day. He often used red or black chalk for figure studies made in the workshop. In this drawing he used both colours, which he combined in some places by slightly blending the hatching.