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Bust of a woman wearing low-cut dress, with protruding lipd, growth on her forehead, prominent breast, long flowing hair down her back, in profile to left.

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Leonardo da Vinci Italian
1660
Not on view
Bust of a woman wearing low-cut dress, with protruding lips, growth on her forehead, prominent breast, long flowing hair down her back, in profile to left. after Leonardo da Vinci.d

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bust of a woman wearing low-cut dress, with protruding lipd, growth on her forehead, prominent breast, long flowing hair down her back, in profile to left.
  • Series/Portfolio: Grotesque Heads after Leonardo da Vinci : Four plates (New Hollstein 1737-1740)
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, Vinci 1452–1519 Amboise)
  • Date: 1660
  • Medium: Etching; only state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (6.4 × 4.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.50.18-267
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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