Bust of a Woman Crowned with Laurel
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Luca Cambiaso
(Moneglia, Italy, 1527–El Escorial, Spain, 1585)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Datecirca 1558-60
MediumPen and brown ink with brown and brown wash over touches of red chalk
DimensionsSheet: 5 1/8 × 3 7/16 in. (13 × 8.8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Suida-Manning Collection, 2017.959
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2017.959
On View
Not on viewThis is an especially delicate example of Cambiaso's early draftsmanship. A similar motif aappears in the decoration of the villa of Tobia Pallavicini in Genoa. Bergamasco conceived and executed most of the frescoes, with Cambiaso playing a minor role. The project launced the Genoese tradition of grand secular decoration.
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