drawing
- Museum number
- SL,5236.56
- Description
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Sheet of studies of figures and carts; four studies of horses and carts at l, men and women walking at right and a goat leaping above
Pen and brown ink, with blue wash
- Production date
- 1583-1625
- Dimensions
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Height: 144 millimetres
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Width: 212 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- This study sheet is probably cut from a larger composition; for possible other fragments of the same sheet see also SL,5236.57a, SL,5236.57b and SL,5236.57c.
Although attributed to Jan Brueghel by Hind, the somewhat uninspired and 'flat' style and the rigidness of the lines in this group of four drawings, point more towards the work of a copyist. Brueghel's figures are usually characterised by a more spontaneous application of the pen, with some of his figures defined by only a few strokes. Firmly attributed sheets with figure studies by Jan Brueghel can be found for example in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, inv.no.478 and in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth, inv.no.676.
AVC
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- SL,5236.56
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: A,21.56