
Study of the Head of a Bearded Man
Abraham Bloemaert · 1595/1605
Provenance
Ownership history
- 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.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- AIC: Print and Drawing Galleries: 8/4/94-1/31/95
Literature
Published references
- Jaap Bolten, Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1565–1651: The Drawings, 2 vols. (Leiden: J. Bolten, 2007), vol I: p. 276, no. 813, vol II: p. 324 (ill).
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