Portrait of a Scholar Seated in his Study

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Title	Portrait of a Scholar Seated in his Study
Material and technique	Black chalk, corrected with white, framing lines with the pen in brown ink, the contours of the figure and the chair partly indented
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 255 mm Width 192 mm
Artists	Draughtsman: Jan Lievens
Accession number	MB 197 (PK)
Credits	From the estate of F.J.O. Boijmans, 1847
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1847
Creation date	in circa 1635-1645
Collector	Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans
Internal exhibitions	Van Pisanello tot Cézanne (1992) Rembrandt in Rotterdam (2005)
Material	Paper > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Black chalk > Chalk > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Pen > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Brown ink > Ink > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Technique	Indenting > Indented > Drawing technique > Technique > Material and technique Indenting > Indented > Drawing technique > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin	Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe

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Jan Lievens

Leiden 1607 - Amsterdam 1674

Jan Lievens was a child prodigy. After staying with Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam between 1617 and 1619, he set himself up in Leiden as independent painter; he...

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