Elderly Man Watching Putti Dissect an Eye

c. 1613

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white, on laid paper; indented with a stylus for transfer

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 10.1 x 14.8 cm (4 x 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1996.114.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Cosway [1740/42-1821], London (Lugt 629); Michael Jaffé, Somerset, England; purchased by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 10, as A Man Watching Putti Dissect an Eye.

Bibliography

1971

  • Jaffé, Michael. "Rubens and Optics: Some Fresh Evidence." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 34(1971): 363, fig. 61c.

Wikidata ID

Q64632555

You may be interested in

Loading Results