Alcibiades Interrupting the Symposium; verso: Sketches of the Baptism of Christ and of a Man
Peter Paul Rubens
ca. 1601–02 (recto); ca. 1601 (verso)
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 7/16 in. (26.7 x 36.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harold K. Hochschild, 1940
Accession Number
40.91.12
Tags
MenChrist
About the Artist
Peter Paul Rubens · 1577–1640
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) stands as the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition and the greatest exponent of Baroque painting's dynamism, vitality, and sensuous exuberance. Born in Siegen, Westphalia, and raised in Antwerp, Rubens received a humanist education studying Latin and classical literature before pursuing artistic training under three masters: Tobias Verhaecht, Adam ...