Drawings

Woman on a Ball

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1866
Accession number: 2000.5.1550.55
Makers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (19.1 x 12.1 cm.) book: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm.)
Medium: ink and graphite on tracing paper
Description: Tracing of etching. Nude woman with her back partially turned to viewer, standing on ball and holding onto staff at left with flowers springing from top. Fabric wrapped around her head, which she holds over her right arm. Durer's signature appears at bottom of tracing.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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