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1938

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Drawing, Decorative Motifs and the Head of a Woman

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1580 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and grey watercolor washes, blotted red crayon, lead pencil on laid paper. on verso: red crayon on laid paper.. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 21.7 × 14 cm (8 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

On verso: part of a watermark shows a shield with legs and the bottom of a stick

Cite this object as

Drawing, Decorative Motifs and the Head of a Woman; Italy; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and grey watercolor washes, blotted red crayon, lead pencil on laid paper. on verso: red crayon on laid paper.; H x W: 21.7 × 14 cm (8 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2617

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