Five studies of female heads and study of right hand holding drapery between fingertips
Draughtsman: Bloemaert, Abraham
From left to right, top to bottom: profile to right of female head and neck, with head cloth; profile to right of female head, hair plaited, wearing a head cloth; front-right view of female head, wearing a bonnet, eyes downcast; right hand gripping drapery between forefingers and thumb; bust-length study of female head and neck, ?cape about shoulders, hair in braids, turned slightly to left and eyes downcast; front-right view of female head with scarf, turned slightly to left.
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 219 mm
Width 156 mm
Leaf
Height 397 mm
Width 301 mm
Drawing : Pen and brown ink, brown wash with graphite and some white, within graphite and ruled ink lines on laid paper, stuck to album leaf, cut to show verso of support which bears slight red chalk offset
Accession number: PD.166-1963.f.131
Primary reference Number: 81617
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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