Head of a Woman

c. 1584

Federico Barocci

Artist, Italian, probably 1535 - 1612

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Peter Lely (Lugt 2092); Jonathan Richardson (Lugt 2184). Stephen Spector, New York; Peter Josten, New York; gift to NGA in 1989.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1969

  • Master Drawings, The Stephen Spector Collection. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1969, no. 6.

1978

  • The Graphic Art of Federico Barocci: Selected Drawings and Prints. Cleveland Museum of Art and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1978, no. 52 (Edmund Pillsbury and Louise R. Richards).

1991

  • Art for the Nation, National Galler of Art, Washington, DC, 1991, pp. 30-31, repro.

2012

  • Federico Barocci: Renaissance Master of Color and Line, Saint Louis Art Museum, 2012-2013, cat. 10.12, repro.

2013

  • Barocci: Brilliance and Grace, National Gallery of Art, London, 2013, cat.10.12, repro.

Bibliography

1962

  • Van Schaack, Eric. Master Drawings in Private Collections. New York, 1962: 7, 76, no. 27.

1978

  • Richardson, Francis. "Barocci at Cleveland & Yale." The Print Collector's Newsletter 9, no. 2 (May-June 1978): 47.

  • Smith, Graham. Review of The Graphic Art of Federico Barocci exhibition, Pantheon 36, no. 3, 1978: 290.

1983

  • Byam Shaw, James. The Italian Drawings of the Frits Lugt Collection, Volume I Text. Paris, 1983: 110 (under no. 101).

1994

  • Burns, Thea. "Chalk or Pastel?: The Use of Colored Media in Early Drawings." The Paper Conservator: The Journal of the Institute of Paper Conservation 18 (1994): 51, fig. 4.

Inscriptions

by later hand on mount (see object folder): Coll. Peter Lely / Richardson / for the woman with a dove or / Visitation, Rome, Chiesa Nuova

Wikidata ID

Q64561227

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