Draped with Hooded Figure (recto); Two Sketches of Swans in Water (verso)
Anthony van Dyck
n.d.
Medium
Black chalk (recto and verso) on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
19.6 × 13.2 cm (7 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
112329
About the Artist
Anthony van Dyck · 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...