Young Woman with Braided Hair and a Veil

c. 1610

Ottavio Leoni

Associated Names
Ottavio Leoni

Artist, Roman, c. 1578 - 1630

The image shows a detailed pencil drawing of a person from the shoulders up, facing slightly to the right. The subject's head is turned to display the side of their face. The facial features, including expressive eyes, and intricately drawn hair with a braided headband, are depicted. The person's clothing is minimally sketched with a high collar, and the background is plain. No jewelry or objects are visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white on blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27 x 19.3 cm (10 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.180.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Katrin Bellinger, Munich); NGA purchase in 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, 16-17, 24, no. 13, repro. p. 18.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 14 / 220; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 18 Otteovi 1800; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 361857

Wikidata ID

Q64618725

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