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Titles
Seven studies of hands
Maker(s)
Draughtsman:
Bloemaert, Abraham
Entities
Categories
Description
From left to right, top to bottom: left hand with forefinger pointing to right, holding drapery; right hand, bent at wrist, clenched fingers holding drapery; right hand holding base of a (?) monstrance, palm uppermost; left and right hands holding together ?rocks (?two halves of a loaf); two hands clasped together; right hand, held up in gesture of benediction; left hand, in chalk only, bent at wrist, holding ?drapery.
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
Brown wash
White bodycolour
Graphite
Components of the work
Support
composed of
laid paper
Height 189 mm
Width 147 mm
Leaf
Height 397 mm
Width 301 mm
Techniques used in production
Drawing
: Pen and black ink over traces of graphite underdrawing, brown wash with highlights in white, surrounded by ruled black ink line, on laid paper, stuck to album leaf which has been cut in order to show the verso of the support
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 31
- Location: Lower right
- Method of creation: Brown ink
Identification numbers
Accession number: PD.166-1963.f.35
Primary reference Number: 81420
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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