Study of the Head of a Bearded Man

1595·Black chalk, with brush and black chalk wash, heightened with opaque white watercolor, over touches of charcoal, on tan laid paper·37.2 × 29 cm (14 11/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

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

Catalogue

Year: 1595
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.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Abraham Bloemaert

Artist

Abraham Bloemaert

Painting

Abraham Bloemaert was a Dutch painter and printmaker who used etching and engraving. He initially worked in the style of the "Haarlem Mannerists", but by the beginning of the 17th-century altered his style in line with the new Baroque style that was then developing. He mostly painted history subjects and some landscapes. He was an important teacher, training most of the Utrecht Caravaggisti.

Gorinchem, Netherlands

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