Art Institute of Chicago
A Portrait of a Man
Jan de Bray
- Date
- 1650
- Medium
- Black and red chalk on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Netherlands
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Jan de Bray used finely pointed red and black chalk in alternation to describe the facial features of middle-aged residents of the city of Haarlem. He also captured the distinctive features of their clothing, such as buttons, pleats, seams, and the stiffly pressed lace of their elaborate collars.
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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