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Portrait Study of a Woman

Attributed to Rosalba Carriera
1675-1757

Portrait Study of a Woman

8 11/16 x 6 5/16 inches (221 x 161 mm)
Black chalk on paper.
1993.49

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Although Janos Scholz believed this to be by Rosalba Carriera, that attribution has not otherwise been accepted, for the drawing has nothing in common with the small number of surviving studies by her; it appears to be a copy, not necessarily after Rosalba.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Letters "DA" over decoration.
Associated names
Barozzi, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department