A Young Acolyte Bearing a Staff
Anthony van Dyck|Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century
early 17th century
Medium
Black chalk heightened with white on blue paper
Dimensions
19 x 9 13/16 in. (48.3 x 24.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1961
Accession Number
61.160.2
Tags
Men
About the Artist
Anthony van Dyck|Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century · 1599–1641
Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who revolutionized portrait painting and became the most influential court painter in 17th-century England. Born in Antwerp as the seventh of twelve children to a prosperous silk merchant, van Dyck displayed extraordinary artistic talent from childhood. He trained under Hendrick van Balen before joining Peter Paul Rubens's workshop as a...