DrawingsItalian15th-16th century

Study for a Portrait of Violante Aldovrandini

15th-16th century

Artists

Fra Bartolommeo della PortaArtist

Mariotto AlbertinelliPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Metalpoint and white gouache on gray prepared antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

15th-16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

21.4 x 21.6 cm (8 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.)

Provenance

François Flameng (1856-1923), Paris (Lugt 991) sold; through [Galerie Georges Petit, May 26-27, 1919, lot 43] sold; to Edouard Jonas, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1935

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