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Female head wearing a turban-like cloth, tilted to right, eyes cast upwards, left hand holding drapery in front: PD.166-1963.f.134

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Titles

Female head wearing a turban-like cloth, tilted to right, eyes cast upwards, left hand holding drapery in front

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bloemaert, Abraham

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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
Red chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper Height 208 mm Width 163 mm
Drawn Circle Diameter 153 mm
Leaf Height 397 mm Width 301 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Red chalk, highlights in white, some lines incised, whithin drawn brown ink circle and three-sided red chalk rectangle, surrounded by ink line on laid paper stuck to album leaf

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 130
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.166-1963.f.134
Primary reference Number: 81620
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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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