An Artist's Studio [recto]

Frans Francken the Younger

This is a drawing of an artist in a studio surrounded by artworks. The image depicts a spacious studio with various pieces of art hanging on the walls and scattered on the floor. The wall is filled with drawings and… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Frans Francken the Younger ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper ¹
Original: 4,818 × 3,117 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Julius S. Held Collection

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, tan-e.

The image shows a full-length sketch of a person standing and facing slightly to the side. The person is depicted in a three-quarter view from the back, directing their gaze upward to the left. They have short, wavy…

The image is of a landscape with tall, slender trees in the foreground. The horizon is low, with mist or fog obscuring the distance. The style features fine brushstrokes detailing the trees against a hazy background.

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Similar light, opposite temperature · computed

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