Studies of three heads, five hands and a bust without head
Draughtsman: Bloemaert, Abraham
From left to right, top to bottom: faint studies of two hands in black chalk; head of a man with a cap, tilted to right, full-face, looking down; left profile of woman looking down; two hands clasped around a stick; back of the head of a woman with hair coiled in plaits; left hand gripping material; bust of a woman with right breast exposed; left hand seen from below, holding drapery between forefinger and thumb.
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)
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir
Support
composed of
laid paper
Height 199 mm
Width 170 mm
Leaf
Height 397 mm
Width 301 mm
Drawing : Pen and black ink over traces of graphite underdrawing and brown wash, bordered on three sides by chalk line, 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
Accession number: PD.166-1963.f.37
Primary reference Number: 81422
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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