Antique photomechanical print in black ink on paper of one of the heads from Four Studies of a Head of a Black Man by Peter Paul Rubens. The face, turned upwards and worked with loose, heavily loaded brushwork, is rendered at large size and in excellent detail.
Antique photomechanical print in black ink on paper of one of the heads from Four Studies of a Head of a Black Man by Peter Paul Rubens. The face, turned upwards and worked with loose, heavily loaded brushwork, is rendered at large size and in excellent detail.
Medium: Antique photomechanical print on paper (probably a collotype).
Artist / after: after Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).
Dimensions: 8.5 x 10.5 in (21.5 x 26.7 cm).
Condition: Brown damp stain in the lower part of the image, clearly visible in the photograph; paper somewhat toned, no tears.