DrawingsItalian15th century

A Female Figure

15th century

Artists

Filippo LippiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, and white gouache, later retouched with zinc white, on blue antique laid paper with lightly incised lines

Culture

Italian

Century

15th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.2 x 11.5 cm (9 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Henry Oppenheimer, London, sold; [Christie's, London, 10, 13-14 July 1936, lot 116, pl. 28, Filippo Lippi (?)] to; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London] to; The Hon. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1936

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