Oval composition, with a woman seated on clouds

XVI century. Wash, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on paper.
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The woman may be intended to represent Diana, since she wears a headdress with what appears to be a half-moon mounted upright at the front.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Chicago, Art Services International, 2008, p.280

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Oval composition, with a woman seated on clouds

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Inventory number: D001921
Author: Anonymous (Follower of: Luca Cambiaso)
Title: Oval composition, with a woman seated on clouds
Date: XVI century
Technique: Wash; Pencil; Pencil ground; Grey-brown ink
Support: Paper
Dimension: Height: 341 mm; Width: 222 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931
Entry date: 1931

Bibliography +

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 280.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 280.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 553.

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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