Anonymous, Flemish, 17th century

Anonymous, Flemish, 17th century belongs to the drafting tradition of the Southern Netherlands, where black chalk and brown ink served figure studies, allegorical designs and portrait drawings. The sheets gathered here, four in all, pair black chalk with pen and brown ink framing lines, and in one case add brush and brown wash with white gouache on blue paper. Subjects range from personifications of the Nile, Indus, Tigris and Euphrates rivers to a chimney-piece design with a nude study, the Triumph of the Eucharist and a portrait of Cornelis de Vos.

4 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Portrait of Cornelis de Vos

16th century · Black chalk

Triumph of the Eucharist

mid-17th century · Black chalk, brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, on blue paper

Personifications of the Nile, Indus, Tigris and Euphrates rivers

n.d. · Black chalk

Design for a Chimney Place and Study of a Nude Female Figure

n.d. · Pen and brown ink; framing lines in pen and brown ink