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Woman Seated with a Piece of Cloth [verso]

Polidoro da Caravaggio

National Gallery of Art

Drawn with red chalk on eggshell-white paper, a woman sits on a box and leans forward, holding out a square cloth. Her body faces our right in profile, and she wears a headdress and a long-sleeved, full-skirted dress. She rests one elbow on her knee as she leans forward. The scene is loosely sketched.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1521/1522
Medium
red chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
4875 × 3594 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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