Past Exhibition

Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens

Drawn with black chalk with white highlights on beige paper, a male lion with a full, wavy mane looks out toward us on this nearly square drawing. He stands with his body angled so his rump is farther away, to our right, but his head faces us, his eyes looking slightly off to our right. His front paws are together and his back feet slightly separated with his tail curled loosely down between his legs. The bottoms of the lion’s feet are cropped by the edge of the paper. His mane touches the top edge and his haunches nearly reach the right edge of the paper, so he fills the sheet. White chalk highlights the lion’s left eye, nose, and closed lips. A few other touches of white appear on his mane and his left shoulder, on our right.
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Lion, c. 1612-1613, black chalk, heightened with white, yellow chalk in the background, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1969.7.1

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    Ground Floor, Cafeteria Corridor (1,000 sq. ft.)
Drawn with black chalk with white highlights on beige paper, a male lion with a full, wavy mane looks out toward us on this nearly square drawing. He stands with his body angled so his rump is farther away, to our right, but his head faces us, his eyes looking slightly off to our right. His front paws are together and his back feet slightly separated with his tail curled loosely down between his legs. The bottoms of the lion’s feet are cropped by the edge of the paper. His mane touches the top edge and his haunches nearly reach the right edge of the paper, so he fills the sheet. White chalk highlights the lion’s left eye, nose, and closed lips. A few other touches of white appear on his mane and his left shoulder, on our right.
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Lion, c. 1612-1613, black chalk, heightened with white, yellow chalk in the background, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1969.7.1

Overview: This exhibition was planned to coincide with the meetings of the College Art Association and sessions on Peter Paul Rubens studies.

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