Head of a Woman, Facing Right
Pierre Milan, French, active 1545 - 1557
after Leonard Thiry, Flemish, active 1536 - 1550
1540s-1550s
Engraving on laid paper
Impression: 6 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (15.9 × 11.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund
PR.970.18
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, upper left: 6
Course History
FRIT 34, Sex and Gender in the Italian Renaissance, Courtney Quaintance, Spring 2015
ITAL 7, Women in Renaissance Venice, Courtney Quaintance, Spring 2015
Exhibition History
Art 1, Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, November 21, 1975-January 11, 1976.
Art 1, South Lobby, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November-December, 1973.
Late Medieval and Renaissance Prints, Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 8-December 15, 1974.
Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Drawings, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-October 30, 1972.
The Simple Art: Printed Images in an Age of Magnificence, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, September 6-October 18, 2006; Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire, November 9-December 10, 2006.
Publication History
Patricia Emison, The Simple Art: Printed Images in an Age of Magnificence, Durham, New Hampshire: The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, 2006, no. 51, p.79-80.
Provenance
Christopher Mendez, London, England; sold to present collection, 1970.
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