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Two Female Heads

1600–1650

Abraham Bloemaert

(Dutch, 1566–1651)
Culture
Netherlands
Medium
red chalk heightened with white chalk; framing lines in brown ink
Support
Light brown laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 7.8 x 12.2 cm (3 1/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anne Elizabeth Wilson Memorial Fund 1994.15
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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These female heads drawn from two angles may have been studies for an instruction book for artists published by Bloemaert in the 1600s.

Description

The power and sensitivity of this small drawing depicting two views of the same female head far exceeds the sheet’s modest size.
A horizontally oriented, predominantly red-toned chalk drawing on brown paper depicts two women from the neck up. Compared to the figure on our left who tilts her head leftward with eyes gazing upward and mouth slightly open, the woman on our right tilts her head down with eyes closed. Both have light skin tones and wavy hair gathered back. Thin brown ink lines frame the composition.

Two Female Heads

1600–1650

Abraham Bloemaert

(Dutch, 1566–1651)
Netherlands

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