# Head of a Young Woman, in 16th-century Germany

Albrecht Dürer drew this in 1522, aged 51. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: 1522
- Medium: Black chalk highlighted with white chalk (abraded) on green prepared paper.
- Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 5 15/16 in. (20 x 15.1 cm)
- Type: Drawings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.859
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Albrecht Dürer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/albrecht-durer), German, 1471–1528

Dürer trained as a goldsmith with his father and then under the Nuremberg painter Michael Wolgemut, whose studio produced woodcut book illustrations.

8 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Albrecht Dürer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/albrecht-durer?hang=749) (8 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=749) (62 works)
- [The 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16?hang=749) (210 works)

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