Museum Exhibition
Rubens, Rembrandt, and Drawing in the Golden Age
Art Institute of Chicago
September 28, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Featuring works by Rembrandt, Rubens, and many others, this exhibition traces the story of drawing in 17th-century Netherlands, exploring its many roles in artistic training, its preparatory function, and its eventual emergence as an independent medium.
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
Tobias Verhaecht
Landscape with Two Men Walking
1580/1631
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and blue ink washes, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper
22.5 × 33.4 cm (8 7/8 × 13 3/16 in.)
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Lodewijk Toeput
Interior View of the Coliseum
c. 1580
Pen and brown ink and brush and black and green washes, over black chalk, on cream laid paper
37 × 43 cm (14 5/8 × 16 15/16 in.)
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Simon de Vlieger
Fishermen Drying Nets on Scheveningen Beach
early 1630s
Black and white chalk on tan laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper
Primary support: 28.5 × 44.4 cm (11 1/4 × 17 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 32.9 × 48 cm (13 × 18 15/16 in.)
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School of Rembrandt van Rijn
Woman Seated on Bench and Three Sketches of Heads
n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with touches of brush and brown ink wash, on cream laid paper
14 × 13.3 cm (5 9/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
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Constantijn Daniel van Renesse
The Good Samaritan Arriving at the Inn
c. 1660
Pen and brown ink, heightened with white chalk, on buff laid paper
19.1 × 23.1 cm (7 9/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
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School of Rembrandt van Rijn
The Degradation of Haman before Ahasuerus and Esther
1630s
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper
19.6 × 16.8 cm (7 3/4 × 6 5/8 in.)
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Willem Drost
Peter and John at the Temple Gate
1626/69
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper
18 × 29.2 cm (7 1/8 × 11 1/2 in.)
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