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Female Head in Profile to Left by Giorgio Vasari — VisualArtsDB

Female Head in Profile to Left

1539–1543

Medium: Black chalk on gray-brown laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 22.3 × 18 cm (8 13/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkprints and drawinginorganic materialpaper (fiber product)

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