Head of the Swooning Virgin, Study for the Deposition
A black chalk and charcoal drawing shows a woman's head in profile, eyes closed and face tilted downward, with a loose veil or drapery sweeping across the frame. Soft stumping and incised contour lines model the cheek, nose and folds on tan paper.
- Artist
- Federico Barocci
- Date
- 1568/69
- Medium
- Black chalk and charcoal, with stumping and traces of white chalk, on tan laid paper, pieced and incised
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2055 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1569).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
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