Head Study of a Young Man Looking Upward

1660s?

Dirk Helmbreker

Associated Names
Dirk Helmbreker

Artist, Dutch, 1633 - 1696

The image is a drawing of a person's head and the top of their neck. The person is in a three-quarter view, looking upward and to the side. The facial features include a prominent jawline, full cheeks, a gently closed mouth, and softly squinting eyes. The hair is wavy, swept back with loose strands. The drawing is framed by a double-lined border. The background has a warm texture resembling aged paper, with no visible jewelry or objects held by the person.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk on laid paper, laid down on an old mount

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 14.8 × 14.2 cm (5 13/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
    mount: 20.6 × 19.6 cm (8 1/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.176.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Clifford Duits, London). (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 2016, no. 123); Dian Woodner, New York; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center of mount in brown ink: Guedo Rene.; verso, upper left, in pen and brown ink: 3

Watermarks

Stag

Wikidata ID

Q64541042

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