Seated Female Figure Holding a Book and a Scroll (?)

Veronese School

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Although the artist cannot be identified, the sculptural, even classical, tone of the figure—perhaps a Sibyl—points to a Veronese origin. The artist has focused on the softly modeled drapery, which cascades in rhythmic folds. As in other drawings of the Veronese school, the color of the paper is reserved for the lightest parts of the drapery, while the range of darker tonalities is built up through the use of hatched pen lines.

Seated Female Figure Holding a Book and a Scroll (?), Veronese School (mid-fifteenth century), Pen and dark brown ink, over black chalk, Italian, Verona

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Seated Female Figure Holding a Book and a Scroll (?), Veronese School (mid-fifteenth century), Pen and dark brown ink, over black chalk, Italian, Verona
Seated Female Figure Holding a Book and a Scroll (?), Veronese School (mid-fifteenth century), Pen and dark brown ink, over black chalk, Italian, Verona
Seated Female Figure Holding a Book and a Scroll (?), Veronese School (mid-fifteenth century), Pen and dark brown ink, over black chalk, Italian, Verona
Seated Female Figure Holding a Book and a Scroll (?), Veronese School (mid-fifteenth century), Pen and dark brown ink, over black chalk, Italian, Verona

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