Study of the Head of a Bearded Man

Provenance

Abraham van Broyel; sold, Amsterdam, Oct. 30, 1759, kbk M no. 660.  Sold, Amsterdam, Apr. 26, 1769, kbk F no. 1167. D. Vis-Blokhuyzen; sold, D. A. Lamme, Rotterdam, Apr. 29, 1872, lot 33.  Sold, The Hague, Nov. 25, 1991, lot 38. Sold, Christie’s, Amsterdam, Nov. 15, 1993, lot 12. Sold by Haboldt & Co., Paris, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1994.

Study of the Head of a Bearded Man

Abraham Bloemaert

1595/1605

Accession Number

131380

Medium

Black chalk, with brush and black chalk wash, heightened with opaque white watercolor, over touches of charcoal, on tan laid paper

Dimensions

37.2 × 29 cm (14 11/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

Classification

ink or chalk wash

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Robert I. and Leah C. Hamman and Prints and Drawings Purchase Funds