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.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Circle of Peter Paul Rubens
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Title
- Male Nude Tied to Tree
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Place
- Flanders (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1615–1625
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Medium
- Black chalk, with pen and brown ink retouching, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
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Dimensions
- Primary/secondary supports: 30.8 × 20.5 cm (12 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
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Reference Number
- 1922.3107
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/85875/manifest.json