Four heads and four hands
Draughtsman: Bloemaert, Abraham
From left to right, top to bottom: youthful head, full-face, looking down; man's head, left profile, looking upwards; female head, in profile to right; right hand and forearm, with fingers splayed; right hand and sleeve, gripping corner of book; youthful head, tilted to left, eyes downcast; right hand bent at wrist with fingers gripping drapery; right hand, thumb uppermost, fingers bent.
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 184 mm
Width 148 mm
Leaf
Height 397 mm
Width 301 mm
Drawing : Pen and black ink over traces of graphite underdrawing with brown wash, two small circles of red chalk and some white bodycolour, surrounded by ruled graphite 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.30
Primary reference Number: 81415
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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