Head of a Young Woman Looking to Lower Right
1565
Medium
Black, red, and yellow chalk
Dimensions
9 7/16 x 7 3/8in. (24 x 18.7cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Pfeiffer Fund, 1964
Accession Number
64.136.3
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Art Historical Context
Federico Barocci, a leading Italian artist of the late 16th century from Urbino, created *Head of a Young Woman to Lower Right* in1565 as a delicate chalk study. Working in the transitional style between High Renaissance and Mannerism,occi drew inspiration from masters like Raphael and Correg, infusing his works with a soft, luminous quality that anticipated Baroque naturalism. This intimate drawing captures the subtle tilt of a young woman's head, her gaze directed downward to the lower right, evoking quiet introspection. Executed in black, red, and yellow chalk on paper—measuring just 9 7/1...
About the Artist
Federico Barocci · 1535–1612
Federico Barocci (c. 1535–1612) was an Italian painter from Urbino whose luminous, emotionally tender religious paintings made him one of the most original and influential artists of the late sixteenth century, bridging Mannerism and the early Baroque. Born in Urbino, the city of Raphael, he studied under Battista Franco and traveled to Rome, where he absorbed the lessons of Raphael, Correggio, an...