MULLER, Jan Harmensz.
(b. 1571, Amsterdam, d. 1628, Amsterdam)

Couple Kissing

1515-20
Red, black and white chalk, 226 x 248 mm
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

After 1600, alongside the application of the pen and ink technique, Muller started to use chalk more frequently, which was better suited to enhancing painterliness. An example of this is the Couple Kissing, in which the red dominates of the three different colour chalks applied.