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Lady in a Landscape (recto); Bust-Length Profile of an Old Woman (verso)

c. 1521

possibly by Dosso Dossi

(Italian, c. 1490–after 1541)
Italy, Ferrarese, 16th century
brush and brown wash and red chalk (extended with brush and water in places)
Sheet: 9.7 x 6.8 cm (3 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 17.5 x 14.9 cm (6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1980.195
Location: Not on view
  • Baron Chiaramonte Bordonaro, Palermo (according to departmental card). [Baskett and Day, 1971] (according to departmental card). [Herbert N. Bier] (according to departmental card)
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219. Reproduced: p. 186; Mentioned: p. 216, no. 189 www.jstor.org
  • Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 20, 1991).
    Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).
    Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987).
    Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
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