Bust of Pseudo-Seneca

A pen and brown ink drawing with chalk and wash shows a bearded, curly-haired man rendered as a sculpted bust, head turned slightly, resting on a stone ledge with draped cloth below. Fine hatching models the face, beard and neck, while cool gray shadows at the right give the head volume against the pale paper.

Look closer: A small carved face or ornament sits on the stone ledge at the far left edge.

Artist

Peter Paul Rubens

Date

1600–1626

Medium

Pen and brown ink over black chalk heightened with white, with brush and gray ink

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2633 × 3871 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975