DrawingsDutch17th century

Studies of Four Reclining Figures

c. 1604

Artists

Jacques de Gheyn IIArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, silhouetted, laid down on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

irregular: 16.5 × 23 cm (6 1/2 × 9 1/16 in.) mount: 18.7 × 25.6 cm (7 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[T. P. Willard, Brussels], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (Lugt 3306), 1980

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