Violin Player
Pieter Cornelisz. van Slingeland · mid-17th century · Art Institute of Chicago
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This sensitive and evocative drawing relates closely to a painting of the same subject. The artist lightly applied black chalk to capture the facial features and hair of his sitter. Compared to the passage’s precision, the rest of the composition adopts a relatively abstract style. For example, the violin is only schematically described in outlines, and the viewer is left to imagine the bow that the figure should be holding in his right hand.
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Details
- Maker
- Unknown artist, Dutch, active in Leiden, mid-17th century
- Date
- mid-17th century
- Medium
- Black chalk, ruled in pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 11.3 × 10.1 cm (4 1/2 × 4 in.)
- Place of origin
- Netherlands
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0