Four heads, three hands and a foot
Draughtsman: Bloemaert, Abraham
From left to right, top to bottom: female head, left profile, looking down; back of a youthful head; female head, right profile; youthful head, left profile, seen slightly below (corrections in white); right hand bent at wrist seen from side; right foot, seen from sole; right hand and wrist, fist clenched; right hand gripping jug.
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
Black ink
Brown wash
White bodycolour
Graphite
Support
composed of
laid paper
Height 185 mm
Width 146 mm
Leaf
Height 397 mm
Width 301 mm
Drawing : Pen and black ink over traces of graphite with some brown wash and white bodycolour, 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.22
Primary reference Number: 81407
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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