Head of a Woman and Study of Hands
Sir David Wilkie
1837
- Medium
- Black and white chalk, with touches of red chalk, and pen and brown ink with wash on light brown paper
- Dimensions
- 15 3/16 x 18 9/16in. (38.6 x 47.2cm)
- Genre
- Drawings
Tags
scotland
About
Among this series of hand studies, the Scottish artist David Wilkie included a carefully described portrait drawing of an older woman. With rather spare chalk and pen lines, Wilkie achieved an impressive lifelike quality in the figure.
