A woman's bust, 1527

Title

A woman's bust

Draughtsman

• Hans Baldung Grien

Verso

Schmerzenreiche Maria (Fragment)

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• coal
• chalk?
• handmade paper

Technique

• charcoal drawing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert und datiert oben rechts (mit braunem Stift): HBG / 1527

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet oben mittig (mit grauem Stift: N° 4.; verso bezeichnet oben mittig (mit grauem Stift): N° 5; unten mittig: 35.

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Koch 1941.139.127

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• personal depiction

Primary

• 31AA(+4) the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure (+ three-quarter view)