Head of a Young Woman, 1522, Black chalk highlighted with white chalk (abraded) on green prepared paper., 7 7/8 x 5 15/16 in. (20 x 15.1 cm), Drawings, Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg), A supremely gifted and versatile German artist of the Renaissance period, Albrecht Dürer was a brilliant painter, draftsman, and printmaker. This head in three-quarter profile is probably one of a group of drawings made by Dürer in 1521-22 in preparation for a large 'sacra conversazione', a multifigured composition in a unified space with the Virgin and Child surrounded by saints
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Head, Young Woman, 1522, Black chalk highlighted, white chalk, abraded, green prepared paper, 7 7/8 x 5 15/16, 20 15.1 cm, Drawings, Albrecht Dürer, German, Nuremberg, 1471–1528, supremely, gifted, versatile German, artist, Renaissance period, brilliant painter, draftsman, printmaker, head, three-quarter profile, group, drawings, Dürer, 1521-22, preparation, large, sacra conversazione, multifigured composition, unified space, Virgin, Child surrounded, saints
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