Study of a Bearded Man Wearing a Turban and Long Cloak (Saint Nicodemus?)

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Artist/Maker	Rubens, Peter Paul (artist)
Place of origin	Belgium (drawn)

Study of a man in a robe and turban, facing to the left and holding a piece of drapery over his left arm; Probably a study for Nicodemus in a 'Deposition' or 'Entombment'; Drawn in black chalk, heightened with white on light-brown paper.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Study of a Bearded Man Wearing a Turban and Long Cloak (Saint Nicodemus?) (published title)
Materials and techniques	Black chalk, heightened with white, on brown paper Black Chalk White Chalk Brown Paper Drawing (Image-Making) Heightening
Brief description	Drawing 'Study of a Bearded Man Wearing a Turban and Long Cloak (Saint Nicodemus?)' by Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish School, black chalk, heightened with white, ca. 1610-1619
Physical description	Study of a man in a robe and turban, facing to the left and holding a piece of drapery over his left arm; Probably a study for Nicodemus in a 'Deposition' or 'Entombment'; Drawn in black chalk, heightened with white on light-brown paper.
Dimensions	Height: 460mm Width: 368mm
Style	Flemish School
Production type	Unique
Marks and inscriptions	Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 523.
Credit line	Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history	This is probably a study for Nicodemus in a 'Deposition' or 'Entombment'. Provenance: Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted	Man Turban Nicodemus
Bibliographic references	DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874. Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. II, cat. 524, p.448
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	DYCE.523

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O819424/study-of-a-bearded-man-drawing-rubens-peter-paul/

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