UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian
(active 1470s in Florence)

Profile of a Woman

1470s
Black chalk over metalpoint, squared, on paper, 363 x 210 mm
Royal Library, Windsor

This drawing is an outline cartoon, squared and pricked for transfer. The identification of its author is highly problematic. The most convincing comparisons can be made with Florentine painters of the 1470s. The drawing was linked to Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Andrea del Verrocchio, and Domenico Ghirlandaio.