Transcendent Moonface Drawing on Collaged Paper coyoto with what looks to me

with what looks to me like dark grain painting underneath

1800 or perhaps a little earilier

with black tempera paint for his hat and face

Virgo is associated with Astraea in Greek mythology-- the last immortal to abandon Earth when the gods fled to Olympus

Transcendent Moonface Drawing on Collaged Paper coyoto with what looks to meI had this drawing in my possession several years ago and it has stuck in my mind since, so when I had the chance to buy it back, I did not hesitate. It seems to me it was a chance stain that turned this graphite drawing of the features of a face into what seems like a face on the moon. Perhaps I'm wrong and the drawing was made after the discoloration, though I dont think soin either case it's a perfect marriage. And with the drawing pasted to a