Young Bacchus and Companions
Medium
Pen and brown ink over graphite, on buff laid paper, laid down on board
Dimensions
9.8 × 16 cm (3 7/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
3377
About the Artist
Ignatius van Logteren · 1685–1732
Ignatius van Logteren (1685–1732) was a distinguished Dutch sculptor, stucco artist, and architect who contributed significantly to Amsterdam's architectural decoration during the early eighteenth century. Born in Amsterdam on June 8, 1685, into an artistic family—his father Jan van Logteren the elder was a painter—Ignatius received his first drawing lessons from his father before pursuing sculptu...