DrawingsItalian16th century

Head of a Woman

16th century

Artists

SodomaArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk heightened with white chalk on buff antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

18.7 × 13.9 cm (7 3/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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