POELENBURGH, Cornelis van
(b. ca. 1594, Utrecht, d. 1667, Utrecht)

Figures beneath the Arches of a Classical Ruin

1620-25
Pen and brush in brown over black chalk, 427 x 385 mm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Poelenburgh's Italian drawings from the first half of the 1620s are characterized by a lavish use of the brush in dark brown ink and close attention to the rendering of light and shade.




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