A Young Acolyte Bearing a Staff
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
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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...