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Head of a young woman (Windische Frau)

Head of a young woman (Windische Frau)

Albrecht Dürer (in 1505)

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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.

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Title Head of a young woman (Windische Frau)
Material and technique Black chalk and the background with dark green wash (added later)
Object type
Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location This object is in storage
Dimensions Height 350 mm
Width 266 mm
Artists Draughtsman: Albrecht Dürer
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 e il Rinascimento Tedesco (2018)
Dürer (2013)
Material
Object
Technique
Washing > Wash > Drawing technique > Technique > Material and technique
Washing > Wash > Drawing technique > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin Germany > Western Europe > Europe

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