Head of a Young Woman

Not on View

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 18.4 x 12.6 cm (7 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.)

sheet: 28.6 x 21.8 cm (11 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Le Blanc, no. 46

Accession Number

2000.139.1

Artists / Makers

Francesco Polanzani (artist) Italian, 1700 - after 1783

Carlo Cignani (artist after) Italian, 1628 - 1719

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Car. Cignani pinx.; lower right in plate: F. Polanzani sculp.; across bottom of plate: Prototypus exstat Romae apud Revmum P.D. Camillum Tacchetti Ab. Lateran

Provenance

(David Tunick, Inc., New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Tunick, Inc., David

Bibliography

1854: Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels