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Female Head by Gaetano Gandolfi — VisualArtsDB

Female Head

Female Head

Gaetano Gandolfi

1592–1802

Medium: Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on blue paper
Dimensions: 34.5 × 28.8 cm (13 5/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)chalkchalk sticksprints and drawinginorganic materialpaper (fiber product)red chalk

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