DrawingsFlemish17th century

Hermes

17th century

Artists

Jacques JordaensArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red and black chalk, brown wash, red watercolor, and white and brown opaque watercolor, on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite; added strip at lower right, perhaps not original

Culture

Flemish

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

47.1 x 27.8 cm (18 9/16 x 10 15/16 in.) mount: 57.4 x 39.4 cm (22 5/8 x 15 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Sir Charles Greville (L. 549, lower left), by descent; to his nephew, George Guy Greville, Fourth Earl of Warwick, Warwick Castle, sold; [Christie’s, London, 20 May 1896, lot 356 (as Rubens).] Charles A. Loeser, Florence; Bequest of Charles A. Loeser, 1932.335.

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