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

Marcantonio Franceschini|Carlo Cignani

1670–1700 · 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 · Drawings and Prints

Artist

Marcantonio Franceschini|Carlo Cignani

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

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1966