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Portrait of an Unknown Noblewoman

Date: c. 1585/1600
Medium: Black and red chalk with pink and gray washes and touches of white chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 11/16 x 8 3/4 in. (29.7 x 22.3 cm) Frame: 20 3/4 x 17 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. (52.7 x 44.5 x 3.5 cm)
Department: Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Classification: Drawing
Credit: Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund
Accession No.: 53.74
Provenance: Wickert collection, Paris, 1909. Marius Pauline, Paris. George Dormeuil, Paris (black collector's mark on recto in lower right corner [L. Suppl. 1146a]), but not in Dormeuil sale, Paris, June 17, 1949. H. M. Calmann, London, 1953

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