Dancer with a Tambourine

Dancer with a Tambourine by Jacques Bellange

Medium

black chalk and graphite on light brown paper, laid down, with later framing line in black ink

Dimensions

Overall: 28.6 x 18.7 cm (11 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.) support: 37.3 x 27 cm (14 11/16 x 10 5/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Accession Number

1981.43.1

About the Artist

Jacques Bellange · 15701616

Jacques Bellange (c. 1575–1616) was a French artist and printmaker active in the independent Duchy of Lorraine, now part of France. Believed to have been born in the Bassigny region south of Nancy, his early life and training remain sparsely documented, with no records of specific teachers or mentors. He first appears in historical records in 1595 at La Mothe, where he took on an apprentice, sugge...

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