Art explorer / The Met
The Head of a Woman in Profile Facing Left
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, 1490–1500
- Artist
- Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (Italian, Milanese, 1467–1516)
- Date
- 1490–1500
- Medium
- Silverpoint and leadpoint, highlighted with white gouache, on pale blue-gray (indigo) prepared paper. Media tested by the Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and fiber optics reflectance spectroscopy (FORS); October 1, 2019.
- Size
- Overall: 5 3/16 x 4 in. (13.2 x 10.2 cm)
- Type
- Drawings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
