Head of a Woman
c. 1584
Federico Barocci
Artist, Italian, probably 1535 - 1612
Artwork overview
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Medium
colored chalks on blue laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 39 x 27 cm (15 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1989.76.1
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