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RP-T-00-437
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Graflegging

1660 - 1669

Medium

brush

Dimensions

h 256mm × w 196mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; chalk

Object Type

drawing

Subject Matter

Christ's entombment (possibly by angels); Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Acquisition Method

unknown

Notes

zwart en rood krijt, penseel in bruin en blauw

Collection Type

drawings

About Jacques Jordaens

1593–1678Spanish Netherlands

Flemish painter, tapestry designer and draughtsman. He was the first child of Jacob Jordaens (d 5 Aug 1618), a wealthy cloth merchant, and Barbara van Wolschaten (d 11 Feb 1633). In 1607, at the age of 14, he apprenticed himself to the Antwerp painter Adam van Noort, who later became his father-in-law. Comment on works: Landscapes; Mythology; Genre; Religious; Portraits