Bust of a Woman with an Elaborate Coiffure, by Rosso Fiorentino, 1530–37
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Bust of a Woman with an Elaborate Coiffure

Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, Florence 1494–1540 Fontainebleau)

1530–37

Medium
Black chalk (Rosso Fiorentino). Probably another hand reinforced minute passages with pen and brown ink, adding also a tiny area of crosshatching within the hair arrangements. An early owner of the drawing (or an artist working for him)…
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
9 5/16 x 6 15/16 in. (23.6 x 17.7 cm)
Culture
Italian
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1952
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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