Head of an Old Woman
c. 1500
Hans Holbein
Hans Holbein (German, c. 1465–1524)
Drawings
Head of an Old Woman, c. 1500. Hans Holbein (German, c. 1465–1524). Silverpoint; traces of framing lines in graphite; sheet: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.); secondary support: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1970.14
- Maker/Artist
- Hans Holbein
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- silverpoint; traces of framing lines in graphite
- Medium
- silverpoint, traces, framing, lines, graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.); Secondary Support: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, upper right, in graphite: L#. [2..h?] ; center, in black chalk: SAS [in ligature, collectors mark, see provenance] ; center right, in graphite: eÿck 30 ; VERSO OF FRAGMENT OF OLD MOUNT (now removed), at left, in graphite: W. Hollar ; upper left, in graphite: B ; center, in graphite: [illegible]
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1970.14
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1970, Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art, National Schools of Style, The German Tradition
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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