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Head of a Young Woman in Three-Quarter View Facing Left

or possibly by Marcantonio Franceschini Italian
1670–1700
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Head of a Young Woman in Three-Quarter View Facing Left
  • Artist: Carlo Cignani (Italian, Bologna 1628–1719 Forlì)
  • Artist: or possibly by Marcantonio Franceschini (Italian, Bologna 1648–1729 Bologna)
  • Date: 1670–1700
  • Medium: Brush and brown wash, highlighted with white and cream gouache (partly oxidized), over a preliminary freehand and ruled underdrawing in charcoal, outlines stylus-incised for transfer, on four glued sheets of light tan paper with deckled borders. Traces of framing outlines stylus-ruled along upper, right, and bottom borders
  • Dimensions: 18-1/8 x 14-3/16 in. (46 x 36 cm), irregular borders
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.14
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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