| Edward Burne-Jones Head of Sleeping Attendant ca. 1881-86 oil on canvas (study for painting, Briar Rose) Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
| Gaetano Gandolfi Head of Young Woman ca. 1785 etching Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Jacques-Louis David after Daniele da Volterra Head of a Woman in the painting Descent from the Cross ca. 1775-80 drawing (made in Rome) Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
| Walt Kuhn Large Head 1923 lithograph Princeton University Art Museum |
| Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof Study of Antique Head ca. 1900 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
| Anonymous Italian Copyist Head of the Barberini Hera 19th century plaster cast Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
| Theodor Kittelsen Classical Head 1874-76 drawing National Gallery of Norway, Oslo |
| Edward John Poynter Head of Psyche 1893 drawing Princeton University Art Museum |
| Frans Floris Study Head ca. 1555-60 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| Augustin Pajou Head of an Old Man 1761 terracotta Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
| Pietro Antonio Novelli Head of a Youth ca. 1770 drawing Harvard Art Museums |
| Richard Parkes Bonington Study of a Woman ca. 1825 drawing Yale Center for British Art |
| William Edward Frost Study of a Woman ca. 1850 watercolor National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
| Gustav Wentzel Young Man with a Hat 1879 drawing National Gallery of Norway, Oslo |
| Henry Wilson Study of a Youth ca. 1915 drawing Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
| Ralph Eugene Meatyard Untitled 1959 gelatin silver print Yale University Art Gallery |
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