Two Female Heads

Cleveland Museum of Art

Two Female Heads

Abraham Bloemaert

Date
1600–1650
Medium
red chalk heightened with white chalk; framing lines in brown ink
Culture
Netherlands
Department
Drawings
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

The power and sensitivity of this small drawing depicting two views of the same female head far exceeds the sheet’s modest size. 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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