The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 5, 2024

Head of an Old Woman

Head of an Old Woman

c. 1500
(German, c. 1465–1524)
Germany, late 15th-early 16th Century
silverpoint; traces of framing lines in graphite
Sheet: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.); Secondary Support: 6.6 x 5.8 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1970.14
Location: not on view
  • Unidentified collector (Lugt 178c (possibly Count Sparr, late 18th century Swedish Ambassador to England), verso of secondary support, inscribed in graphite). Mrs. E. Zwicky, Basel- Arlsheim (according to departmental cataloguing sheet); J. W. Zwicky (according to departmental cataloguing sheet). [Paul Drey Gallery, New York]
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 127 archive.org
  • The German Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993).
    National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).
    Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1982-January 9, 1983).
    Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).
  • {{cite web|title=Head of an Old Woman|url=false|author=Hans Holbein|year=c. 1500|access-date=05 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1970.14