Description
It is clear from drawings like this one, which relates to a series of prints representing Peter Paul Rubens’s workshop materials, that Rubens’s assistants copied his drawings. Rubens likely encouraged this practice, and this drawing may even show signs of correction in the form of ink retouching to emphasize the contour lines of the figure.
Provenance
Sold, Puttick and Simpson, May 15, 1914, to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower right, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, in black].
Accession Number
85875
Medium
Black chalk, with pen and brown ink retouching, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Primary/secondary supports: 30.8 × 20.5 cm (12 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
chalk
Credit Line
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
