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Titles
Five studies of heads and one study of hands
Maker(s)
Draughtsman:
Bloemaert, Abraham
Entities
Categories
Description
Clockwise, from upper left: front view of female head, eyes downcast, head tilted slightly downwards and to the left (pen and ink with brown wash, and traces of white, over graphite underdrawing); front-right study of a female head and shoulders, head tilted slightly downwards with eyes downcast, hair in plaits (pen and brown ink, brown wash, corrections in white, over graphite underdrawing); outline sketch, frontal view of female head, tilted slightly to right with eyes downcast (pen and ink over graphite underdrawing); left hand holding a piece of drapery (pen and brown ink over graphite underdrawing); female head with hair tied up in braids, eyes downcast head tilted slightly downwards, to right (pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite underdrawing); female head and neck, in profile to right, tilted slightly to left and backwards, with hair arranged in knotted braids behind (pen and brown ink with red chalk over graphite underdrawing).
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
Brown ink
Brown wash
White bodycolour
Graphite
Red chalk
Components of the work
Support
composed of
paper
Height 200 mm
Width 148 mm
Leaf
Height 397 mm
Width 301 mm
Techniques used in production
Drawing
: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, graphite underdrawing, red chalk with corrections in white, with a graphite line across bottom of sheet, surrounded by ruled ink line on paper, stuck to album leaf which has been cut to show the verso of the support
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 86
- Location: Lower right
- Method of creation: Brown ink
Identification numbers
Accession number: PD.166-1963.f.90
Primary reference Number: 81520
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
