Portrait of a Young Woman in Profile

c. 1884

Luigi Conconi

Associated Names
Luigi Conconi

Artist, Italian, 1852 - 1917

The image features a head-and-shoulders profile view of a person depicted with sketch-like lines and shading. The individual is shown in a right-facing position with head slightly bowed. The facial features are softly rendered with a subtle outline for the nose and lips, and the hair is short and tidy with texture added through delicate strokes. The person is wearing clothing that includes a garment with a collar, and the background is a textured surface with crosshatched lines and darker shading near the head. A signature is visible in the bottom right corner of the artwork.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with monotype wiping on heavy wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.9 × 16 cm (9 × 6 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 53.7 × 44 cm (21 1/8 × 17 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.75.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bianchi-Ginex 1994, no. 68

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(La Portantina di Mattia Jona, Milan); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Bianchi, Matteo, and Giovanna Ginex, eds.Luigi Conconi: incisore. Milan, 1994, no. 68.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate (scraped into ink): Conconi

Wikidata ID

Q77259721

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