This portrait of a scholar is unusual in Jan
Lievens’ oeuvre, as he depicted the figure full-length. Most of his portraits
show only the face or a half-figure. The central part of the drawing was
incised with a stylus for a woodcut, bearing Lievens’ monogram (Hollstein XI,
no. 102). It is unknown whether Lievens produced the woodcuts himself or had
his drawings carved by others.
Specifications
| Title | Portrait of a Scholar Seated in his Study |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black chalk, corrected with white, framing lines with the pen in brown ink, the contours of the figure and the chair partly indented |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 255 mm Width 192 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Jan Lievens
|
| Accession number | MB 197 (PK) |
| Credits | From the estate of F.J.O. Boijmans, 1847 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1847 |
| Creation date | in circa 1635-1645 |
| Collector | Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans |
| Internal exhibitions |
Van Pisanello tot Cézanne (1992) Rembrandt in Rotterdam (2005) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Indenting
> Indented
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Indenting
> Indented
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Jan Lievens
Leiden 1607 - Amsterdam 1674
Jan Lievens was a child prodigy. After staying with Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam between 1617 and 1619, he set himself up in Leiden as independent painter; he...
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