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Three Studies of a Woman Wearing an Elaborate Headdress
c. 1500
retouched by Peter Paul Rubens
(Flemish, 1577–1640)
Sheet: 12.9 x 12.8 cm (5 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1987.31
Location: not on view
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In the 1600s, the artist Peter Paul Rubens made additions in ink wash and white paint to this c. 1500 drawing by an unknown Netherlandish artist.Description
This young woman’s long, conical hood is tucked under and pinned, with the front folded over to create wide, sloping flaps. Such headgear kept heat and cold away during outdoor labor, but around 1475, the style was adopted as a fashion statement by middle- and upper-class women, with the fabric starched for exaggerated effect. The drawing was likely made for a model book in an artist’s workshop of costume details for reference. More than 100 years later, the Antwerp artist Rubens acquired the drawing for his own model book and even drew over it.- early 1700sSir Anthony Westcombe, London, died 1752?-1887Robert Prioleau Roupell, London, 1798-1886 (Lugt 2234)1887his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, July 12, 1887, lot 891 (as Van Eyck)1887-1909?George Salting, London, 1835-19091910?-1936A.W.M. Mensing, Amsterdam, 1866-19361937his sale, Mensing & Fils, Amsterdam, April 27-29, 1937, lot 614 (as Rubens)?-1985Mrs. Leo van Bergh, Wassenaar1985Sold, Christie's Amsterdam, Nov. 18, 1985, lot 4 (as Flemish School, early 16th century, retouched by Rubens)?-?Alexander Converse?1987with Baskett and Day, London, 19871987-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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