Head of a Woman
Head of a Woman

Currently not on view

Head of a Woman,

early 16th century

Anonymous Italian 16th century
x1945-51

Information

Title
Head of a Woman
Dates

early 16th century

Maker
Anonymous Italian 16th century
Medium
Black chalk on green paper
Dimensions
sheet: 16.9 x 10.6 cm (6 5/8 x 4 3/16 in.) mount: 22.4 x 16.5 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1945-51
Reference Numbers
Gibbons 792
Culture
Italian
Type
drawings
Subject
heads, women

William Young Ottley (Lugt 2663) lower right; Teodor de Wyzewa (note on back of mount); unidentified blind stamp of satyr bust on pedestal (lower right of mount); Frank Jewett Mather, Jr. (Lugt supp 1853a) lower left

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