Head of a young woman (study in the context of the 'Madonna with the Siskin'), Albrecht Dürer (Nuremberg 1471 - 1528 Nuremberg), 1506, drawing, gray brush, heightened with opaque white, on blue paper; Sheet surface quite dirty, slight yellowing, 28.6 x 19 cm, l.l. Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen, inscribed by a hand other than Dürer's monogram 'AD', above which the start of the left A bar of the original monogram is visible; verso (1895 uncovered): 'Albe[rtus] Durer[r] fecit: per [...], het teeken is affgesneden vindt daer by, noch een figuir stont die affgesneden is, men siet still here in een stuxken van, het noticed weten van A.' (Albrecht Dürer fecit: per [...] The character [monogram] is cut off, [I] find another figure that is cut off. You can still see a bit of this character here, knowing [namely] the A)
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