Circle of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
retouched by Peter Paul Rubens
Male Nude Tied to Tree
INV-8587
Circle of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
retouched by Peter Paul Rubensc. 1620
Male Nude Tied to Tree
Circle of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640) retouched by Peter Paul Rubens →chalkdrawings (visual works)
Date
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
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.