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Bust of a Young Woman

Bust of a Young Woman, 16th century

Andrea Meldolla, Italian, ca. 1500-1563

Etching and engraving in ink on laid paper

Plate: 7 × 5 inches (17.8 × 12.7 cm) Sheet: 8 1/2 × 5 3/4 inches (21.6 × 14.6 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1083

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Engraving (printing process)

Etching (printing process)

Engraving (print)

Profile (figure)

Signed, in plate, center of image: Andrea Schiaon f.

Marked, Scripps stamp, verso (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) date, 1887, added in ink to the stamp.

Inscribed, in plate, lower right corner: 11(3) [or 11(5)]

October 1887, G. Claus (Dresden, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.]

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Andrea Meldolla, Bust of a Young Woman, 16th century, etching and engraving in ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1083.