Inigo Jones (recto); Sketch of Female Head (verso)
Anthony van Dyck
c. 1790 (recto; n.d. (verso)
Medium
Black chalk, with brush and pale brown wash (recto), and charcoal (verso), on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
20.2 × 16 cm (8 × 6 5/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
112327
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...