Two Female Heads — Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1566–1651) | DiscoverArt

Abraham Bloemaert

Two Female Heads

1600–1650

red chalk heightened with white chalk; framing lines in brown ink

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

These female heads drawn from two angles may have been studies for an instruction book for artists published by Bloemaert in the 1600s.

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