Three heads
Draughtsman: Bloemaert, Abraham
Upper left: profile to left of balding, bearded head tilted downwards. Centre right: frontal view of curly haired child's head turned slightly to left, from above. Lower left: front-right view of female head, hair in braids, turned slightly to left, tilted upwards with drapery gathered about left shoulder.
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
White bodycolour
Graphite
Red chalk
Support
composed of
laid paper
Height 211 mm
Width 173 mm
Leaf
Height 397 mm
Width 301 mm
Drawing : Red chalk, pen and brown ink with graphite and highlights in white, surrounded by graphite and ink lines on laid paper stuck to album leaf
Accession number: PD.166-1963.f.140
Primary reference Number: 81626
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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