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Group of Figures (recto) Fragment of a Female Head (verso)

A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with black chalk and touches of graphite, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized) (verso), red and brown and black and white chalk, with graphite (recto) on blue laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with black chalk and touches of graphite, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized) (verso), red and brown and black and white chalk, with graphite (recto) on blue laid paper.

Date:

1560/1611

Artist:

Niccolò Martinelli da Pesaro, called Il Trometta
Italian, c. 1540-1611

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Niccolò Martinelli

Title

Group of Figures (recto) Fragment of a Female Head (verso)

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1560–1611

Medium

Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with black chalk and touches of graphite, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized) (verso), Red and brown and black and white chalk, with graphite (recto) on blue laid paper

Dimensions

27.8 × 17.5 cm (11 × 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.2718

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