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Head of a Woman? Turned to the Left

Italian School
16th century

Head of a Woman? Turned to the Left

14 13/16 x 8 11/16 inches (299 x 220 mm)
Black and white chalk on three pieces of paper joined horizontally at top and vertically at right.
1991.12

Gift of Dr. Marietta Lutze-Sackler.

Notes
Acquired as Andrea del Sarto, Florence 1486-1530 Florence.
The drawing was sold in 1919 as by Sodoma.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso at lower right, in pen and black ink, "Elisabeths Giaconda / after Giacomo"; at lower left, in graphite, "#12".
Watermark: Six-pointed star in a circle, centered on chain line.
Associated names
Sarto, Andrea del, 1486-1530, Formerly attributed to.
Sodoma, 1477?-1549, Formerly attributed to.
Henrici, Karl Ernst, former owner.
Lutze-Sackler, Marietta, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department