Portrait of a young woman wearing a ruff
Second half of the XVI century. Red chalk, Black chalk on paper.Not on display
The drawing is laid down onto Brun´s (?) mount, with his inscription F. BAROCCI. The attribution follows the older inscription written in the reverse, in the hand of the so-called Italian Supplier. This is a copy of Portrait of a young lady by Barocci in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florencem datable c. 1570-75.
Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Virginia, Art Services International, 2008, p.213
