Studies for a Scourging Soldier and the Head of Christ, ca. 1565, Pastel with red chalk on laid light brown paper (formerly blue), Sheet: 15 1/16 x 9 9/16 in. (38. 3 x 24. 3 cm), Drawings, Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte) (Italian, Bassano del Grappa ca. 1510?1592 Bassano del Grappa), The most innovative Venetian draftsman of the later sixteenth century, Jacopo Bassano was famous for his pastel technique, beautifully exemplified by this drawing executed in black, brown, red, orange-pink and white chalk