Male Nude Tied to Tree
Circle of Peter Paul Rubens
c. 1620
Medium
Black chalk, with pen and brown ink retouching, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Primary/secondary supports: 30.8 × 20.5 cm (12 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
85875
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
It is clear from drawings like this one, which relates to a series of prints representing Peter Paul Rubens’s workshop materials, that Rubens’s assistants copied his drawings. Rubens likely encouraged this practice, and this drawing may even show signs of correction in the form of ink retouching to emphasize the contour lines of the figure.