The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Two Female Heads

Two Female Heads

1600–1650
(Dutch, 1564–1651)
Netherlands
red chalk heightened with white chalk; framing lines in brown ink
Sheet: 7.8 x 12.2 cm (3 1/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Anne Elizabeth Wilson Memorial Fund 1994.15
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

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.
  • [Nissman, Abromson Ltd., Brookline, Massachusetts]
  • Brown, Heather Lemonedes. “Mise en Page.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 19. Reproduced: P. 19.
  • Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=Two Female Heads|url=false|author=Abraham Bloemaert|year=1600–1650|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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