Saint Ursula

Bernardo Strozzi

Associated Names
Bernardo Strozzi

Artist, Genoese-Venetian, 1581/1582 - 1644

The image shows a person seated with a three-quarter view from the waist up. The individual gazes slightly upwards, with long, wavy hair falling over their shoulders. They wear a flowing garment, likely a dress or robe, with textured fabric around the arms. One hand rests on the garment, while the other holds a slender cylindrical object against their chest. The background is plain with shading for depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk on beige oatmeal paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall (irregular): 22 x 16.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
    mount: 25.9 x 19.5 cm (10 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.28.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Zaccaria Sagredo [1653-1729], Venice; Mathias Polakovits (stamp, PM in oval, Lugt undescribed); (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 1998, no. 32, as A Female Martyr Saint; purchased (via Colnaghi Drawings) 1998 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center verso in pen and brown ink: P[rete].G[enovese]. no. 14; by later hand, lower center in pen and brown ink on mount: P[rete].G[enovese]. no. 71; by later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink on mount: Guercino; by later hand, upper left verso of mount: 1800; by later hand, lower left verso of mount: 58; by later hand, lower center verso of mount: 20158432/87

Wikidata ID

Q64537369

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