FONTANA, Lavinia
(b. 1552, Bologna, d. 1614, Roma)

Head of a Youth

1606
Tempera and watercolour on paper, 48 x 36 cm
Galleria Borghese, Rome

This work, which can be linked to Lavinia's activities in Rome, is probably a preliminary sketch for a portrait. It influenced by Carracci's experiments with the theme of the "living image."