# Study of a Head

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BEALE, Mary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beale-mary-r8f4c1ea5a5a042>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on paper laid down on canvas, 35 x 29 cm

## Commentary

Study of a Head c. 1660 Oil on paper laid down on canvas, 35 x 29 cm Private collection The sitter of this portrait study is probably Charles Beale, the artist’s youngest son. Mary Beale had two sons, Charles and Bartholomew. Both boys worked in their mother&#39;s studio, assisting her with the painting of draperies, before Bartholomew gained an MB from Clare College Cambridge, thereafter practicing as a physician at Coventry. The younger son, Charles, studied miniature painting under Thomas Flatman, and later produced portraits in his mother&#39;s style.

## Related artworks

- [Portrait of the Artist&#39;s Husband Charles Beale](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/beale-mary-r8f4c1ea5a5a042/portrait-of-the-artists-husband-charles-beale-r017d0492efab35>)

## Attribution

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