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Seated Dog

Jacques Jordaens

1638

Medium

black and red chalk, with grey and brown wash, heightened with white

Dimensions

h 155mm × w 143mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; deck paint; chalk

Object Type

drawing

Subject Matter

dog (+ birth of an animal); dog (+ birth of an animal)

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1964

Notes

black and red chalk, with grey and brown wash, heightened with white

Collection Type

drawings

About Jacques Jordaens

1593–1678 • Spanish 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