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Three heads: PD.166-1963.f.140

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Three heads

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bloemaert, Abraham

Entities

Categories

Description

Upper left: profile to left of balding, bearded head tilted downwards. Centre right: frontal view of curly haired child's head turned slightly to left, from above. Lower left: front-right view of female head, hair in braids, turned slightly to left, tilted upwards with drapery gathered about left shoulder.

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)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Brown ink
White bodycolour
Graphite
Red chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper Height 211 mm Width 173 mm
Leaf Height 397 mm Width 301 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Red chalk, pen and brown ink with graphite and highlights in white, surrounded by graphite and ink lines on laid paper stuck to album leaf

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 136
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.166-1963.f.140
Primary reference Number: 81626
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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