Caption

Femme de l'isle de Chio, Woman from the island of Chios, print, album cover, 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 257 mm x width 172 mm, A tall ink drawing of a standing woman shown in profile facing left, wearing a tall rounded headdress with decorative bands and a bow at the back, a drop earring, a beaded necklace and layered garments including a shawl draped over her shoulders and wrapped across her chest, a long pleated skirt with patterned apron-like front panel and an underskirt with visible hems, bare feet with simple shoes, hands positioned with one resting near her chest and the other extended slightly forward, fine line shading and crosshatching throughout the figure, and a plain background with faint ground texture beneath her feet.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B24_446

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Rights managed

Available size

35.5Mb (8.1Mb) / 9.5in x 14.4in / 2863 x 4331 (300dpi)

Keywords

Femme de l'isle de Chio Woman island Chios print album cover 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 album page height 257 mm x width 172 mm tall ink drawing standing woman shown profile facing left wearing tall rounded headdress decorative bands bow back drop earring beaded necklace layered garments shawl draped shoulders wrapped across chest long pleated skirt patterned apron- front panel underskirt visible hems bare feet simple shoes hands positioned resting near extended slightly forward fine line shading crosshatching figure plain background faint ground texture beneath feet