mounted to ivory paper with brown border; female figure standing, leaning against curved element at left; leafy architectural element to right of woman's head; PR elbow resting up, PL arm down; woman wears draping garments; light brown sketch of a female bust at right

Female Figure in a Spandrel, Study for the Allegory of Modesty, 1583-1585

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Title
Female Figure in a Spandrel, Study for the Allegory of Modesty
Artist Life
1548 - 1612
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2012.58.34
Provenance
William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, Didlington Hall, Norfolk (until d. 1909); by decent to the Trustees of the Tyssen-Amherst Estates (1909-21; sale, Sotheby’s, London, December 14, 1921, 'part of no. 8, for £4, bought back by family); by descent to William Alexander Evering Cecil, 3d Baron Amherst of Hackney, London (1921-77; sale, Christie’s, London, April 5, 1977, no. 49, pl. 21, as attributed to Raffaellino Motta da Reggio or possibly Trometta, to Bunzl); [Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London, 1977-82; sold July 22, for $4,500, to Moir]; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (1982-d. 2010; bequeathed to MIA)
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mounted to ivory paper with brown border; female figure standing, leaning against curved element at left; leafy architectural element to right of woman's head; PR elbow resting up, PL arm down; woman wears draping garments; light brown sketch of a female bust at right