DrawingsItalian16th century

Seated Woman

16th century

Artists

Michelangelo BuonarrotiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

13.5 × 9.5 cm (5 5/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Prosper Flury-Hérard, Paris (Lugt 1015). (1) Eugène Rodrigues, Paris (Lugt 897). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932 (1) The drawings with his mark are numbered; this is no. 430.

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