After his artistic training, Cornelis van Poelenburgh travelled to Rome where he joined the Bentvueghels, a brotherhood of artists from the Northern and Southern Netherlands. Around 1625, he returned to Utrecht, where he set up a studio. In the beginning he mainly made figure studies in red chalk, such as these, which are related to his later paintings. Some of these studies were made from live models.
Van Poelenburgh mainly painted landscapes with themes from classical mythology, classical history and non-classical literature. This drawing is probably related to his paintings of bathing figures and, in particular, with the subject of Diana bathing with her nymphs. Depicted are two naked women, one sitting on a rock by the water and the other dressing or undressing herself. In the foreground is a quiver of arrows, which Diana always carried with her on her back. Unfortunately, no match has yet been found to a specific painting.
Specifications
| Title | Two Nymphs |
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| Material and technique | Red chalk |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 190 mm Width 123 mm |
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| Artists |
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Cornelis van Poelenburch
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| Accession number | CvP 2 (PK) |
| Credits | From the estate of F.J.O. Boijmans, 1847 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1847 |
| Creation date | in circa 1614-1667 |
| Collector | Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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