Title: The Head of a Woman in Profile Facing Left
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1490–1500
Artist:  Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio 
Artist bio: Italian, Milanese, 1467–1516
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Silverpoint and leadpoint, highlighted with white gouache, on pale blue-gray (indigo) prepared paper. Media tested by the Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and fiber optics reflectance spectroscopy (FORS); October 1, 2019.
Dimensions: Overall: 5 3/16 x 4 in. (13.2 x 10.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1917
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Heads, term: Profiles, term: Women