Cornelia Exhibiting Her Two Sons to a Friend

1645·Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on brown laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper·21.8 × 38.3 cm (8 5/8 × 15 1/8 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1645
Medium: Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on brown laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 21.8 × 38.3 cm (8 5/8 × 15 1/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Lieven Mehus

Artist

Lieven Mehus

Painting

Lieven Mehus or Livio Mehus was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver of the Baroque period, who trained and worked in Italy. He was mainly active in Florence where he was court painter of Prince Mattias de' Medici. During his lifetime he enjoyed a high reputation for his allegorical and mythological scenes, landscapes, religious works and portraits.

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