Nude Old Man Seated, Leaning on His Forearm, Facing Leftc. 1640
Jacob Jordaens painted this in about 1640, aged about 42. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago. More about this work
About this work
A work made of red and black chalk, with touches of white chalk, on cream laid paper.
Description from the Art Institute of Chicago.
Jacob Jordaens painted this in about 1640, aged about 42. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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.
- Laid paper
- Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.
Jacob Jordaens
Flemish, 1593–1678
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Art Institute of Chicago has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 1990.139
- Credit
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Type
- Drawing and Watercolor
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
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