Couple Beside Tree
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with touches of red chalk, over graphite, on cream laid paper, perimeter mounted on tan card
Dimensions
17.9 × 13.4 cm (7 1/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81288
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Raymond de Lafage · 1656–1690
Raymond Lafage (1656–1684) was a French Baroque draughtsman, etcher, and engraver renowned for his dynamic mythological and religious compositions. Born in Lisle-sur-Tarn on October 1, 1656, he began as an autodidact before studying in the atelier of Jean Pierre Rivalz in Toulouse. This training grounded him in the French academic tradition while allowing his independent spirit to flourish. In 16...