Caption

Woman from Malta, Femme de l'isle de Malthe, print, album page, book illustration, Print is part of an album., printmaker: Léon Davent, after drawing by Luca Penni (attributed to), after drawing by Nicolas de Nicolay (possibly), publisher: Guillaume Rouille (I), Lyon, 1555 - 1568, Léon Davent, Luca Penni, Nicolas de Nicolay, Guillaume Rouille (I), printmaker, publisher, Attributed to, paper, etching, pasted on album page, height 254 mm x width 177 mm, A tall figure of a woman drawn in fine lines stands facing forward wearing a long flowing robe and a hooded veil that covers her head and drapes over her shoulders, with visible folds and shading in the fabric; her face is visible beneath the hood with neutral features and a short ruffled collar at her neck; one hand rests on her abdomen while the other hand hangs down holding a small piece of cloth; the gown falls to her ankles showing simple shoes and the ground beneath with short grass and small stones; the background is plain and light in tone.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B24_445

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Rights managed

Available size

35.7Mb (9.0Mb) / 9.8in x 14.2in / 2938 x 4249 (300dpi)

Keywords

Woman Malta Femme de l'isle de Malthe print album page book illustration Print part album printmaker Léon Davent drawing Luca Penni attributed Nicolas de Nicolay publisher Guillaume Rouille I Lyon 1555 - 1568 Attributed paper etching pasted height 254 mm x width 177 mm tall figure woman drawn fine lines stands facing forward wearing long flowing robe hooded veil covers head drapes shoulders visible folds shading fabric face visible beneath hood neutral features short ruffled collar neck hand rests abdomen hand hangs down holding small piece cloth gown falls ankles showing simple shoes ground beneath short grass small stones background plain light tone