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This sheet is preparatory for the figure of Daniel in Rubens's painting Daniel in the Lions' Den. After establishing the position of the figures in compositional drawings and oil sketches, Rubens would make studies after the model for major figures to guide studio assistants in the execution of a painting. Here he outlined the figure in black chalk and blocked out shadows to indicate volume and light. The painting's fidelity to this study indicates that it belongs to the final stages of preparation.

Details

  • Title: Seated Male Youth (Study for Daniel)
  • Creator: Peter Paul Rubens
  • Creator Lifespan: 1577/1640
  • Creator Nationality: Flemish
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Antwerp
  • Creator Birth Place: Siegen, Westphalia
  • Date Created: ca. 1613
  • Location: Flanders
  • Place Part Of: Flanders
  • Physical Dimensions: w299 x h500 mm
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1924
  • Type: Drawing
  • External Link: http://www.themorgan.org/drawings/item/144725
  • Medium: Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on light gray paper

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