Design for a Headdress (front and side view)

Baccio del Bianco

ca. 1620–56 · Brown ink · Drawings and Prints

Sheet with a design for an elaborate headdress, partly shaped as a hat. There is one frontal view showing a fan of feathers sticking out over an elaborated worked and intertwining brim. On the lower right of the sheet, the side view of the same design is given.

Artist: Baccio del Bianco
Date: ca. 1620–56
Medium: Brown ink
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948

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