
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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