Putto Seated on Clouds

1600·Black chalk heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on card·19 × 14.9 cm (7 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1600
Medium: Black chalk heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on card
Dimensions: 19 × 14.9 cm (7 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Denys Calvaert

Artist

Denys Calvaert

Drawing

Denys Calvaert was a Flemish painter and printmaker active in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, known for religious narratives rendered in a Mannerist idiom that bridged Northern European and Italian traditions. Based in Antwerp and later Bologna, he produced altarpieces, devotional panels, and engravings that circulated widely across Catholic Europe. His workshop trained numerous artists who would carry Mannerist principles into the following generation.

Antwerp, Belgium

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