Seated Draped Male Figure with Book (recto); Two Seated Women with Sketch of Left Hand (verso)
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk (recto), and black chalk heightened with touches of white chalk with pen and brown ink (verso), on blue laid paper
Dimensions
39 × 25.6 cm (15 3/8 × 10 1/8 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
112365
About the Artist
Domenico Fiasella · 1589–1669
Son of a silversmith. He is known for history and religious scenes characterized by clarity, attention to detail, rich color and classical figures, in addition to influence of the robust figure style, painterly surfaces and brilliant reds and golds of Rubens and Anthony van Dyck. Comment on works: Religious