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Head of a Woman

Anonymous, Bohemian, 15th century 

Date:
ca. 1405–10
Medium:
Watercolor on vellum
Dimensions:
sheet: 3 9/16 x 2 3/4 in. (9.1 x 7 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Purchase, several members of The Chairman's Council and Jean A. Bonna Gifts, 2010
Accession Number:
2010.119

This artwork is part of Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400–1700

This artwork is not on display

  • Provenance

    Friedrich Falk ; Moeller Fine Art, New York ; Private Collection, United States ; Vendor: Adrian Eeles

  • References

    Stijn Alsteens "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2008-2010". The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010, 15, ill.

    Prague The Crown of Bohemia 1347 - 1437. Edited by Barbara Drake Boehm, Edited by Jiri Fajt, New York, 2005, cat. no. 118, p. 276, ill.

    Stijn Alsteens, Freyda Spira Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700. New York, 2012, cat. 2 (entry written by Freyda Spira); p. x (introduction written by Stijn Alsteens), ill.



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