This monumental drawing is one of a series of portrait studies Dürer created during his second journey to Italy, where he also spent some time in Venice. He has signed the work top right his famous monogram and the year 1505. On a similar drawing in the British Museum the artist also wrote that the woman depicted is a peasant from the Winden district (now in Slovenia). Dürer has succeeded in creating a high degree of plasticity in the modelling of the face.
Specifications
| Title | Head of a young woman (Windische Frau) |
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| Material and technique | Black chalk and the background with dark green wash (added later) |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 350 mm Width 266 mm |
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| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Albrecht Dürer
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| Accession number | MB 1947/T 17 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1947 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in 1505 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
Tekeningen uit eigen bezit, 1400-1800 (1952) Van Pisanello tot Cézanne (1992) De Collectie Twee - wissel II, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) |
| External exhibitions |
Images of the Mind / The Mind in Images (2011) Dürer (2013) Dürer e il Rinascimento Tedesco (2018) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | Germany > Western Europe > Europe |
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Albrecht Dürer
Neurenberg 1471 - Neurenberg 1528
Albrecht Dürer received his first lessons from his father, who was a goldsmith. He subsequently became a pupil of the painter Michael Wohlgemut. Dürer...
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