Jacob Shown Joseph’s Blood-Stained Coat
Aert de Gelder
1655–1665
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, with touches of white opaque watercolor, on buff laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Primary/secondary supports: 12.1 × 18.6 cm (4 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- pen and ink drawings
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
drawings (visual works)paintinkpen and ink drawingsgouachewashprints and drawingwatercolorcoating (material)paper (fiber product)water-base paint
About
This work is now recognized as a clear example of Arent de Gelder’s individual style. A pupil of Rembrandt’s in the last stage of his career, De Gelder’s drawings can be characterized by their straight, loose lines; the placement of darker accents; and a focus on contours of the figures to the exclusion of defining the volume within the forms.
