Head of a Woman and Study of Hands

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Head of a Woman and Study of Hands

Sir David Wilkie

Date
1837
Medium
Black and white chalk, with touches of red chalk, and pen and brown ink with wash on light brown paper
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Among this series of hand studies, the Scottish artist David Wilkie included a carefully described portrait drawing of an older woman. With rather spare chalk and pen lines, Wilkie achieved an impressive lifelike quality in the figure. Scotland, Europe

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