Six studies of hands
Draughtsman: Bloemaert, Abraham
Clockwise from upper left: pair of hands, left resting on a surface, right writing with a quill pen (graphite with white highlights); right hand and wrist, hand clasped, with graphite sketch of right arm behind resting against a pole behind (graphite with white highlights); right hand and wrist, writing with a quill pen, palm visible, slight graphite sketch of same (pen and brown ink, white highlights and graphite); pair of hands, left hand holding right wrist, right hand writing with a quill pen (graphite, brown wash and white highlights); pair of hands, from left, left hand held out as if acting as a brace, the right holding a strip of ?material between thumb and first two fingers (graphite and white highlights); pair of hands holding a book, left hand keeping place, right hand supporting book (pen and brown ink with graphite and brown wash).
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
Support
composed of
laid paper
Height 185 mm
Width 149 mm
Leaf
Height 397 mm
Width 301 mm
Drawing : Pen and brown ink with brown wash, over graphite with white highlights surrounded by ruled ink line on laid paper, stuck to album leaf which has been cut to show the verso of the support
Accession number: PD.166-1963.f.94
Primary reference Number: 81566
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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