Five studies of heads and one study of hands
Draughtsman: Bloemaert, Abraham
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).
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
Brown ink
Brown wash
White bodycolour
Graphite
Red chalk
Support
composed of
paper
Height 200 mm
Width 148 mm
Leaf
Height 397 mm
Width 301 mm
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
Accession number: PD.166-1963.f.90
Primary reference Number: 81520
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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