Satyrs and Nymphs; verso: partial counterproof of Heintz's "Studies for the Flight into Egypt" in The Courtauld Gallery, London

Joseph Heintz the Elder, ca. 1599

Artist

Joseph Heintz the Elder (Swiss, Basel 1564–1609 Prague)

Date

ca. 1599

Medium

Brush and black ink, red chalk, gray and sanguine washes, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk and graphite underdrawing, incised, on off-white paper prepared with yellow wash, laid down to another sheet of laid paper; verso of secondary support: partial offset of a drawing in black and red chalk

Size

Sheet: 9 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (23.5 x 32 cm)

Type

Drawings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed