Bust of a Woman with an Elaborate Coiffure, ca. 1530, Black chalk; some contours reinforced in pen and brown ink, and background tinted in brown wash (by another hand), 9 5/16 x 6 15/16 in. (23.6 x 17.7 cm), Drawings, Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, Florence 1494–1540 Fontainebleau), Rosso intended this drawing as an ideal representation of a beautiful young woman, in response to the genre of 'teste divine' (divine heads) that Michelangelo made famous in drawings of the 1520s and 1530s, especially the 'Zenobia' (Uffizi, Florence)
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Bust, Woman, Elaborate Coiffure, ca, 1530, Black chalk, contours reinforced, pen, brown ink, background tinted, wash, another hand, 9 5/16 x 6 15/16, 23.6 17.7 cm, Drawings, Rosso Fiorentino, Italian, Florence, 1494–1540, Fontainebleau, intended, drawing, ideal representation, beautiful young, woman, response, genre, teste divine, divine heads, Michelangelo, famous, drawings, 1520s, 1530s, Zenobia, Uffizi
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