“Do you know this man???”
No, I haven´t changed my profession and joined the profiling specialists of the FBI, I merely am practicing the art of drawing profiles now. 😉
As it happens it´s not as easy as I first thought. It´s just as equally important to get all the proportions right as with a full-front portrait, otherwise you can´t recognize the person being portrayed.
So, my question for you today – and I very much hope that you enjoy this kind of riddle 😉 – is:
Do you know from which famous painting/man I took the liberty to make a sketch from with the picture above?? (Here´s a clue: it´s italian and from the early Renaissance.)
Please feel free to suggest anything that comes to your mind! I´ll be looking very much forward to it 😀 The winner gets full boasting rights for at least a week 😉
As with the drawing below, it depicts one of my friends who graciously allowed me to use him as a model – luckily for him drawing profiles doesn´t take as long as a real portrait 😉
All I can say is that I would know that man if I saw him again but I don’t remember from where. But I did know he was definitely Italian. Renaissance. As for the second man, modern, say, late 30’s, early 40’s? You are darn good!
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Thank you soooo much, Emilio!!! 🙂 And I´m sorry for getting back so late – I´ve been having some problems pc wise lately and thought I´d already replied to your lovely comment and just saw that I didn´t!! Wish you a great sunday! 🙂
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No problem. I’m the same way with my pc. As with my smart phone. Guess I should give up on technology. It has certainly given up on me.
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Oh no! That´s too bad! I know how it feels! Kind of being mobbed by technology 😉 Hope everything will get to normal real quickly! Have a lovely week! xxx
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Excellent work, thank you for sharing these beautiful images
Kisses
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Thank you very much!! 🙂 Have a lovely and happy day! xxx
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oh very welcome Miss
Same to you
Kisses
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It looked familiar but I didn’t get it until reading the comments. Nice work
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Thank you, Alan!! 🙂 Reading the comments often helps me, too 😉
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No problem, it was my pleasure
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I like the second one more…Don’t know why, because I don’t like beards, but still…hihi.
Looking forward to another Sepia phote 😉
XxX
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It´s always perfectly legal to have preferences, Patty! 😉 To be honest, I also do that a lot 😉 Will post another sepia spell as soon as possible! Thank you so much for everything! 🙂 xoxo ❤
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Maybe you did already, have to check later, but looking forward to it 😉
Have a wonderful (rest of) week! XxX
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Will Have to see about that – my pc just totally crashed and rests in cyber Heaven Now! 😦 xoxo
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OH NOOOO….hope someone can fix it? Our you have the resources to get another one…
Good luck Sarah! XxX
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Will definitely try the first but might have to get a new one 😦 Wish you a wonderful weekend dear Patty 🙂 xxxxx ❤
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Wonderful weekend to you too, dear Sarah 🙂 XxX
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Duke of Urbino, no doubts, the most crooked nose in the history of portraiture 🙂
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Hehe! 🙂 It is a very prominent nose, isn´t it? That´s why he´s quite easy to recognize, I guess 😉 Did you know that he was always depicted like that because he had a disfiguring scar on the other side of his face?
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I don’t know if there is a scar – there are other portraits of the other side of his face, look ok to me 🙂
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Maybe they have been made earlier in his life. As far as I know he was also a warrior, or knight 😉 But I think it wouldn´t make a difference, his nose made him quite unique no matter from which side he was portrayed 😉
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That’s for sure 🙂
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I don’t recognize the subject of the first profile, but I do know both are excellent work, Sarah.
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Thank you so very much, Cathy – your words always make me smile and glow!! 😀
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And that makes me happy. 🙂
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😀 ❤
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Well the portrait was from Duke Federico da Montefeltro, Lord of Urbino!, but actually the painting was by Piero della Francesca 🙂
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That´s absolutely right, thank you for adding this info! 🙂
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They are great! I do not know who the person was but glean from “mifordstreet” above and looked him up. The profile was just like the picture of him on the net!
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Thank you so much!!! 🙂 Have a lovely weekend! xxx
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I recognized him immediately! Mind you, I don’t know his name but I’ve seen the portrait! Excellent job!!!!
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Thank you sooo much, Sabina!!! 🙂 It is indeed a fabulous painting, especially with all the red cloths, and he does have a rather unique physiognomie 😉 Have a great weekend! xxx
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Great job with both of them 🙂
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Thank you very much, Divya!! 🙂
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I do know that man! he is the muffin man that lives on candy cane lane!!!! LOL
Shay-lon
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Haha! 🙂 Nice try, Shay-lon 😉 Wish you a wonderful weekend, dear! xxx
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Gorgeous work! The first one looks so deliciously medieval to me!
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Thank you very much!! 🙂 Have a lovely weekend! xxx
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Wow Sarah! Well done. Profiles are a good place to dabble in, and I love the simple, clean lines. The first sketch is soooo very familiar, but cannot place it in this moment!
I just love seeing your sketches, and I hope you are well! 🙂
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Thank you very much, Melissa, it´s always such a joy to read your lovely comments!!! 🙂 Have a super fantastic weekend, my dear friend! 🙂 xxxxxxx
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Would it be Duke Federico by any chance? Nicely done. I like both of them. Kudos to your friend for volunteering. Cheers
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Woo-Hoo!! And the winner is…YOU!!! 🙂
Yes, it is indeed Duke Federico da Montefeltro, Lord of Urbino!
Thank you so much, Chris and now you can go and boast around the blogosphere and beyond with your wonderful knowledge of early renaissance VIPs 😉 You are a star! 🙂 Cheers, my friend! 🙂
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Wait, I thought the prize was an Italian vacation! Hahaha. Thank you so much Sarah. I’ll enjoy my bragging rights. Cheers!
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I agree that would be definitely an even more fabulous prize, Chris! 😀 Have a lovely day! Cheers! 🙂
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You also, Sarah. Cheers!
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You got me on this one Sarah, I have no idea who this is. Both profiles are great – happy day my friend! 🙂
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No worries, Terry, you are not alone with this 😉 And thank you very much! 🙂 Wish you a very happy day, too!!! 🙂 xxx
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Awesome work.
The top one looks a bit like stephen fry…but he’s not thattt old.
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Thank you, Lion!! 🙂 Haha! No, he isn´t that old 😉
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I have no clue. But the sketch is really good Sarah! Hats off to your talent 😊
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Thank you so much, Mona!! 🙂
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You do excellent work!
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Thank you very much!! 🙂
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