DrawingsItalian16th century

FIgure of a Woman

16th century

Artists

Paris BordoneArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, discolored brown, laid down overall to antique laid decorative mount

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30.4 × 20.6 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Jonathan Richardson Jr., London (Lugt 2170). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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