The image shows an elderly woman in a shoulder-length portrait. She is positioned facing the viewer with a subtle tilt of her head to the right. Her facial features include aged, wrinkled skin with a fair complexion, deeply set eyes, and defined cheekbones. Her hair is mostly covered by a cloth, but it appears greyish in color, peeking out slightly from under a plaid headscarf that is draped over her head and shoulders. The scarf is primarily tan with blue and grey stripes. Her clothing is partially visible, revealing a textured garment with a fur-like appearance. She wears a pearl earring…
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An Elderly Woman in a Striped Shawl

Giuseppe Nogari (Venetian, 1699 - 1763)

c. 1743

Medium
pastel and watercolor on two joined sheets of blue paper, mounted on white paper and on original strainer
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sight size: 51.5 × 40.5 cm (20 1/4 × 15 15/16 in.)
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA 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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