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Bust of a Woman

Bust of a Woman

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

about 1511–1515

Medium/TechniquePen and black ink on cream antique laid paper

DimensionsSheet: 13.8 x 10 cm (5 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Framed: 54.2 x 44 x 3 cm (21 5/16 x 17 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Credit LineCharles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund

Accession number2009.5067

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ClassificationsDrawings

Collections

ProvenanceDecember 1, 1964, Sotheby's, London, lot 202, private collection, "Study of a Nun", sold to Betts ($168); 1964, bought by P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., London; July 14, 1965, sold by Colnaghi to Paul Bernat; gift to his daughter, Paula Bennett, Vermont; 2009, sold by Bennett to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 16, 2009)

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