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Brown wash drawing of a standing female caryatid balancing foliage on her head, with draped robes and a scrolled base.

Caryatid (recto); Three Sketches: Two Caryatids, Pair of Putti Standing on Globe (verso)

A female caryatid stands upright, balancing a basket of fruit or foliage on her head and holding a draped skirt at her side. She rests on a scrolled, leaf-like base, rendered in brush and brown wash with black chalk on tan laid paper.

Artist
Unknown Genoese
Date
17th century
Medium
Brush and brown wash, with black chalk (recto), and pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk (verso), both on
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1860 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1700).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Español: Cariátide, estudio en aguada marrón

Una figura femenina de cariátide se encuentra de pie, sosteniendo una cesta de frutas o follaje sobre la cabeza y levantando una falda drapeada. Descansa sobre una base con volutas, dibujada con aguada marrón y tiza negra sobre papel.

Português: Cariátide, estudo em aguada marrom

Uma figura feminina de cariátide está de pé, equilibrando um cesto de frutas ou folhagem sobre a cabeça e segurando uma saia drapeada ao lado do corpo. Ela repousa sobre uma base com volutas, desenhada em aguada marrom e giz preto sobre papel.

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