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Study of the Head and Left Shoulder of a Woman
Also titled Studie van hoofd en linkerschouder van een vrouw
Rafaël (Urbino, 1483–1520)
1519 - 1520
- Medium
- paper, chalk
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 330 mm x width 242 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of I.Q. van Regteren Altena, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
This splendid drawing demonstrates Raphael’s flair for delineating a figure with just a few lines. He worked out the shadows on her arm and shoulder blade with fine hatching. This is a study for one of the prominent figures in his last and most famous painting The Transfiguration. It was almost completed when Raphael suddenly died. He was laid out in state under the painting in his workshop.
