Head of a Young Woman
late 15th–early 16th century
Medium
Metalpoint, heightened with white, on pink prepared paper; profile retouched in brownish chalk, hair retouched in black chalk, and highlights added to bust, all by a later hand.
Dimensions
Diameter 5 13/16 (14.8 cm.)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.413
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d'Andrea d'Oderigo) · 1456–1536
**Lorenzo di Credi (Lorenzo d’Andrea d’Oderigo, c. 1456/59–1537)** was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor whose career unfolded almost entirely in Florence. Born to a goldsmith father, he trained in the prestigious workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, where he is first documented around 1480–81. He quickly rose to become Verrocchio’s principal assistant, running the studio during the master...