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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1853,0813.46
Description
Two studies of boy's heads; one at left wearing a soft collar and looking down to right, the other wearing a ruff and looking down to left Black and red chalk on vellum
Producer name
Drawn by:
Hendrik Goltzius
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1590-1600
(circa)
Materials
vellum
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
126 millimetres
Width:
181 millimetres
Curator's comments
Literature: E.J.K. Reznicek, 'Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius', Utrecht, 1961, cat.no.390.
Bibliographic references
Popham (D & F) 1932 / Dutch and Flemish drawings of the XV and XVI centuries
(3)
(as Goltzius)
Reznicek 1961 / Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius
(390)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Anonymous
(Sotheby's, 8.vii.1853/part of lot 292 (a portfolio of 42 drawings) bt W.H. Carpenter (P&D Keeper))
Acquisition date
1853
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1853,0813.46