Study for "Piccarda"
Date1904
Artist
Violet Oakley
(American painter and illustrator, 1874–1961)
Illustration CitationFrontispiece for Fond Adventures: Tales of the Youth of the World, by Maurice Hewlett. New York: Harper and Bros., 1905.
MediumCharcoal on gray-brown laid paper
Dimensionscomposition: 16 5/8 × 11 3/4 in. (42.2 × 29.8 cm)
sheet: 18 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (47.9 × 34.4 cm)
sheet: 18 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (47.9 × 34.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Violet Oakley Foundation, 1982
Object number1982-80
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing was a study for a picture captioned "Piccarda," which illustrated the story "Buondelmonte," one of four tales which make up the book Fond Adventures by Maurice Hewlett.
