Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index



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  • Title: Head of a Woman
  • Creator: Ghirlandaio, Domenico, painter
  • Description: This image of a woman wearing a coif was a preparatory drawing of Lucrezia Tornabuoni for her portrait in the fresco depicting the Birth of the Virgin in the family chapel at Santa Maria Novella in Florence.
  • Source: WikiMedia Commons
  • Rights: Public domain
  • Subject (See Also): Portraits Tornabuoni de' Medici, Lucrezia, Poet and Wife of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici
  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 15
  • Date: ca. 1486-1490
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  • Current Location: Chatsworth, Devonshire Collection
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  • Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Drawings
  • Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Chalk; Paper
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  • Height/Width/Length(cm): 37cm/22cm/
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