Two Studies of an Elderly Man's Head

Paulus Pontius after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Associated Names
Paulus Pontius

Artist, Flemish, 1603 - 1658

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist After, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

The image is a drawing showing two head-and-shoulders portraits of an older man. Both portraits are viewed from the side with one head positioned above the other. The man's head is turned slightly downward, and he has a long, flowing beard and hair falling over the back of his neck. His facial features are prominent and well-defined, with a pronounced nose and furrowed brow. The man does not wear clothing, and his shoulders appear bare. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The background is a simple textured surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper, verso blackened for transfer

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 19.3 x 14.5 cm (7 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.1.46

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Julius S. Held [1905-2002], by 1979; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; traveling exhibition, 1979, no. 15.

Inscriptions

later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink: Anto van Dy; lower right verso in graphite: 26 108- / +110-23 P

Wikidata ID

Q64619225

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