Head and Bust of a Woman
1701 to 1725
Medium
charcoal with pastel on laid paper
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 30.6 x 23.7 cm (12 1/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Myron A. Hofer in memory of his mother, Mrs. Charles Hofer
Accession Number
1946.12.2
About the Artist
Sir Joshua Reynolds · 1723–1792
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) was a British painter who became the dominant figure in eighteenth-century British art and the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts. Born in Plympton, Devon, he studied under the portrait painter Thomas Hudson in London, and a transformative visit to Italy (1749–52) — where he studied the Old Masters, particularly the Venetian colorists and Michelangelo — sh...