Head of a dead nun

Title

Head of a dead nun

Draughtsman

• Netherlandish, 18th century
• Frans Snyders ? alternatively

Period Produced

• 18th century
• 17th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• chalk drawing
• trois crayons

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• portrait study

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): d' après nature / par Snyders d'anvers / surnommé le saint
Verso unten links Sammlerstempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• portrait

Primary

• 31D17 old woman
• 11P31522 nun(s)
• 31A221(+4) head (human) (+ three-quarter view)
• 31E3 the corpse

Alternative Attribution

• Netherlandish, 17th century draughtsman; by note on mount