Four female heads and two hands
Draughtsman: Bloemaert, Abraham
Clockwise from upper left: young female head in a bonnet, from upper left (graphite and white highlights); female bust, wearing a bonnet, eyes looking upwards, viewed slightly from lower right (graphite and white highlights); right hand fingers outstretched, viewed from fingertips and slightly below (graphite); female head and neck, eyes uplifted, slightly from left of full-face (graphite and white highlights); palm of right hand, fingers outstretched, wrist draped (graphite and white highlights); female head and neck, wearing a bonnet, slightly turned to right, from front-left (graphite and white highlights).
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
White bodycolour
Graphite
Support
composed of
laid paper
Height 205 mm
Width 163 mm
Leaf
Height 397 mm
Width 301 mm
Drawing : Pen and brown ink, graphite with white highlights surrounded by graphite and ruled ink lines on laid paper, stuck to album leaf which has been cut to show the verso of the support
Accession number: PD.166-1963.f.96
Primary reference Number: 81568
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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