The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Two Female Heads

1600–1650

Abraham Bloemaert

(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=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1994.15