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Head of an Old Woman

Bernardo Strozzi (1581–1644)

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Head of an Old Woman

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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This startling image is a study of old age made from a model, rather than being a commissioned portrait. Such character studies were occasionally painted by artists as the basis for biblical or mythological subjects which included old people. Strozzi painted this work in Genoa before his move to Venice where he had a successful career as a portraitist and a painter of mythological and religious subjects.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Birmingham

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Title

Head of an Old Woman

Date

1620s

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 48.3 x W 38.8 cm

Accession number

66.8

Acquisition method

purchased, 1966

Work type

Painting

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University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TS England

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Bernardo Strozzi

1581–1644

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