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Portrait of Abraham Bloemaert, aged 82
Draughtsman: Visscher, Claes Jansz.
History note: Previously stuck into Bloemaert's 'Tekenbock', (PD.166-1963) - perhaps the same provenance: Thomas Dawson, Baron Dartrey (1725-1813); ?Richard Thomas Dawson; William Esdaile (Lugt 2617); Charles Fairfax Murray, sold Sotheby's 2-3 December 1920, lot 156, bought Reader; anonymous sale, Sotheby's, 30 April 1947, lot 22, bought P. & D. Colnaghi; Sir Bruce Ingram
Height: 264 mm
Width: 180 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963) by Ingram, Sir Bruce
Production date: AD 1648
Grey wash
Graphite
Vellum (skin)
Drawing : Graphite and grey wash on vellum, within a fictive oval, with a line of graphite along the top edge
Accession number: PD.167-1963
Primary reference Number: 34753
Lugt: 2617
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Portrait of Abraham Bloemaert, aged 82" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/34753 Accessed: 2023-02-08 07:19:36
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