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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Portrait of a Woman

Attributed to Alessandro Allori
1535-1607

Portrait of a Woman

13 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (336 x 235 mm)
Black chalk on laid paper.
2010.145

Bequest of Charles Ryskamp.

Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Letter "M" surmounted by a star inside shield (similar to Heawood 3026: Rome, ca. 1580).
Associated names
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
Bibliography
Roberta Smith, "The Intimate Grandeur of Old Italian Drawings," review of Sixteenth-Century Italian Drawings in New York Collections by WIlliam M. Griswold and Linda Wolk-SImon, New York Times, 14 January 1994, p. C29 (repr.)
Diane De Grazia, review of Sixteenth-Century Italian Drawings in New York Collections by William M. Griswold and Linda Wolk-Simon, Master Drawings 33, no. 2, 1995, p. 175.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings in New York Collections, catalogue by William M. Griswold and Linda Wolk-Simon, 1994, no. 30, repr.
New York 1987, no. 29, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department