Yep, it's him: Swedish actor Bjorn Andresen in his role as Tadzio, from Luchino Visconti's 1971 film "Death in Venice." This drawing is an oldie; I did it in my early twenties, using as my model one of several glossy 8 by 10 movie stills that I bought from the Limelight bookstore in San Francisco. It's drawn with Prismacolor pencils on Strathmore vellum drawing paper; the dimensions of the original are 11 by 14 inches (about 27.5 by 35 centimeters). I did a few drawings of this type back then, which I'll post betimes as the humor takes me.
I still post images of this lad as he was back in the day. I don't judge the youth for the failings of his later self.
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