Bust of a Woman with an Elaborate Coiffure
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Rosso Fiorentino
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1494–1540 Fontainebleau
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1530–1537
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) colored the background around the figure in brush and brown wash.
Dimensions: 9 5/16 x 6 15/16 in. (23.6 x 17.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1952
Accession year: 1952
Tags: Women