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Document identity
localId
144938
label
Head of an Old Woman
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
144938
contentType
drawing
title
Head of an Old Woman
date
c. 1500
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79922588
creators
12636
genreSpecific
Drawing
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.); Secondary Support: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
cul
Germany, late 15th-early 16th Century
accession
1970.14
Source extras
tec
silverpoint; traces of framing lines in graphite
tombstone
Head of an Old Woman, c. 1500. Hans Holbein (German, c. 1465–1524). Silverpoint; traces of framing lines in graphite; sheet: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.); secondary support: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1970.14
supportMaterials
description
laid paper prepared with a gray ground laid down on cream(3) laid paper
collection
DR - German
inscriptions
inscription
VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, upper right, in graphite: L#. [2..h?] ; center, in black chalk: SAS [in ligature, collectors mark, see provenance] ; center right, in graphite: eÿck 30 ; VERSO OF FRAGMENT OF OLD MOUNT (now removed), at left, in graphite: W. Hollar ; upper left, in graphite: B ; center, in graphite: [illegible]
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 127
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:26:56.249000
sourceId
144938
dept
Drawings
coll
DR - German
med
silverpoint; traces of framing lines in graphite
creatorTags
male
thumbnail_url
image_url
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
dbb126e579d7e79c