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Red wash drawing of a veiled seated woman leaning on a tall column, with a white-heightened drapery and a pink-toned paper ground.

Fortitude (Study for the "Cabinet du roi" [King's Study])

A seated female figure in a veiled headdress leans against a tall column, one hand resting on its shaft and the other on her draped knee. Drawn in red wash heightened with white on pink-toned paper, with a faint incised architectural frame behind her.

Artist
Francesco Primaticcio
Date
1541/45
Medium
Brush and vermilion wash, heightened with lead white, over stylus incising, on cream laid paper toned pink, laid down on cream laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1126 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1545).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation

Español: Fortaleza, estudio para el Gabinete del rey de Primaticcio

Una figura femenina sentada, con velo en la cabeza, se apoya en una alta columna, una mano sobre el fuste y la otra sobre la rodilla cubierta por la tela. Dibujada con aguada roja realzada en blanco sobre papel teñido de rosa.

Português: Fortaleza, estudo para o Gabinete do rei de Primaticcio

Uma figura feminina sentada, com véu na cabeça, apoia-se em uma coluna alta, com uma mão sobre o fuste e a outra sobre o joelho coberto por tecido. Desenhada em aguada vermelha realçada com branco sobre papel tingido de rosa.