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Titles
Studies of four hands and two heads
Maker(s)
Draughtsman:
Bloemaert, Abraham
Entities
Categories
Description
From left to right, top to bottom: right hand, palm uppermost fingers stretched; female head, right profile, looking upwards; suggestion of a head in right profile, leaning on hand; old woman's head, three-quarters left, looking down; right hand and sleeve, palm downwards; left hand holding a stick; left hand with thumb and forefinger pointing, fingers curled.
Notes
History note: Thomas Dawson, Baron Dartrey (1725-1813) [Bookplate]; ?Richard Thomas Dawson; William Esdaile; C. Fairfax Murray, sold Sotheby's, 2-3 December 1920, lot 156, bt. Reader; / Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 30 April 1937, lot 22, bt. Colnaghi for Sir Bruce Ingram (£90.0.0)
Materials used in production
Black ink
White bodycolour
Graphite
Red chalk
Components of the work
Support
composed of
laid paper
Height 198 mm
Width 146 mm
Leaf
Height 397 mm
Width 301 mm
Techniques used in production
Drawing
: Pen and black ink with red chalk over traces of graphite underdrawing, with highlights in white, surrounded by ruled black ink line, on laid paper, stuck to album leaf
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 30
- Location: Lower right
- Method of creation: Brown ink
Identification numbers
Accession number: PD.166-1963.f.34
Primary reference Number: 81419
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 3 August 2020
Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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