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Head of a young woman
Draughtsman: Jordaens, Jacob (Copy after)
History note: From the collection of the Earl of Warwick (1818-1893) (Lugt 2600); Warwick Sale, Christie's, 20 May, 1896, lot 192, together with 'The Head of a weeping woman' by J. Jordaens also in the Fitzwilliam, inv. no. 2080, bt. Gellatly (?) (or Hone-Murray?) for 10/-; Charles Ricketts, A.R.A.(1866-1931) and Charles Shannon, R.A. (1863-1937); on loan to the Museum since January 1933
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 265 mm
Width: 209 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 (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Whitening
Black chalk
Red chalk
Support composed of paper ( faded green-grey)
Drawing (image-making) : Black and red chalk, heightened with white on faded green-grey paper
Accession number: 2081
Primary reference Number: 4755
Lugt: 2600
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: 3078
Accession Number: PD.199-1948
Accession Number: MAR.C.65-1912
Accession Number: C.8-1950
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