Profile of a Woman's Head (recto) A Kitchen Maid (verso)
1504
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1504
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This painting shows a woman's profile and the back of another woman's head. The woman in profile has a small, high forehead and a pointed chin. Her hair is pulled back and tied with a ribbon. The woman facing away has a rounder face and a high, curly hairdo. The two women are drawn in pencil on a piece of paper that is torn and worn around the edges. The paper is a light brown color, and the pencil marks are dark and expressive. The artist who drew these women was Alessandro Casolani, an Italian painter from the Renaissance period.
