# Amya Petitioning Faustus for the Custody of Saint Mamas

**Jean Cousin the Elder** (French, Souci (?) ca. 1490–ca. 1560 Paris (?))  
ca. 1543  
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, over black chalk  
9 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (23.5 x 32 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.106. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/343314).

## About this work

Jean Cousin the Elder drew this in about 1543, aged about 53. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Chalk.** Natural black, red and white chalks. Used together on toned paper they could give the warmth of flesh with very little effort, and they were favourites for studies from life.
- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.

### [Jean Cousin the Elder](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/jean-cousin-the-elder)

French, Souci (?) ca. 1490–ca. 1560 Paris (?)

## Facts

- Type: Drawings
- The artist was about 53
- Real size: about 9½ × 13 in (24 × 32 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 16th century
- Subjects: Infants, Men, Women
- Colour: grey
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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