Copies after Illustrations of Statues and Paintings (recto); Measurements for a Man's Skeleton (verso)
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over graphite (recto and verso), on buff laid paper
Dimensions
21 × 32 cm (8 5/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
112331
About the Artist
Gerard de Lairesse · 1641–1711
Gerard de Lairesse (1641–1711) was a leading figure of the Dutch Golden Age, renowned as both a painter and art theorist whose classical ideals bridged the dramatic realism of Rembrandt with the refined elegance of French academism. Born on September 11, 1641, in Liège, he was the second son of the painter Renier de Lairesse (1597–1667). De Lairesse received his initial training under his father b...