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Reclining Old Man
Creator
Georges LallemantFrench Artist · 1580–1636
All works by this person →After moving to Paris from Nancy at the age of twenty-one, Georges Lallemant quickly established himself as a painter, draftsman, and printmaker. He received many religious and civil commissions, making his studio one of the busiest in the city, as well as a popular place for young artists such as Nicolas Poussin to receive training. Though the early Baroque style became quite fashionable in Franc
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- about 1625
- Medium
- Black ink, gray wash, white heightening,, on yellow paper
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Both the subject of this drawing and the identity of the artist who made it have been much debated. The figure’s head-in-hand pose links him to representations of Saint Jerome or Saint Joseph, but the unusual attitude of his proper left arm—extended high overhead, with what may or may not be a quill pen in his hand—presents a puzzle, still unsolved. A native of Lorraine, Lallemant operated the largest workshop in 1620s Paris (Nicolas Poussin was among his assistants). Though few of his drawings survive, this sheet bears some stylistic similarity to woodcuts printed after Lallemant’s designs.
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