id:			149969
accession number:	1980.195.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.195.b
updated:		2025-02-09 04:02:12.712000

Bust-Length Profile of an Old Woman (verso), c. 1521. Possibly by Dosso Dossi (Italian, c. 1490–after 1541). Pen and brown ink with red chalk; sheet: 9.7 x 6.8 cm (3 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.); secondary support: 17.5 x 14.9 cm (6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1980.195.b

title:				Bust-Length Profile of an Old Woman (verso)
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series:				
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creation date:			c. 1521
creation date earliest:		1516
creation date latest:		1526
current location:		
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Ferrarese, 16th century
technique:	pen and brown ink with red chalk
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Dosso Dossi (Italian, c. 1490–after 1541)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 9.7 x 6.8 cm (3 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 17.5 x 14.9 cm (6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	cream(3) laid paper perimeter mounted to a false margin of several layers
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	across top and center, in brown ink: si lacha e nero e questo si fa [illegible] / inte nerire, ci lumi poi si / rischiara la tinta da cham[illegible] / hon quasi niente di R[a?]ch[i?] / [l?]a tinta di nero [se?]ra rosa / quo[illegible] niente di lacha
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, Concept, Dogma, and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650 (Aug. 27-Oct. 20, 1991).', 'opening_date': '1991-08-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).', 'opening_date': '1986-12-15T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Treasures on Paper (May 10-July 24, 1988).', 'opening_date': '1988-05-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Year in Review for 1980" (June 24-July 19, 1981), cma Bulletin 68 (1981), p. 216 no. 189, illus. p. 186.', 'opening_date': '1981-06-24T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Baron Chiaramonte Bordonaro, Palermo (according to departmental card). [Baskett and Day, 1971] (according to departmental card). [Herbert N. Bier] (according to departmental card)
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IMAGES

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