Death Mask of a Woman

Provenance

Frederick R. Aikman; Puttick & Simpson, London, sold, Mar. 14, 1913, to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower right, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, center, in black].

Death Mask of a Woman

Circle of Lavinia Fontana

c. 1605

Accession Number

82144

Medium

Black and red chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

12.9 × 12.7 cm (5 1/8 × 5 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection