Satyrs and Nymphs; verso: partial counterproof of Heintz's "Studies for the Flight into Egypt" in The Courtauld Gallery, London

Joseph Heintz the Elder

Date

ca. 1599

Type

Drawing

Medium

Brush and black ink, red chalk, gray and sanguine washes, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk and graphite underdrawing, incised, on off-white paper prepared with yellow wash, laid down to another sheet of laid paper; verso of secondary support: partial offset of a drawing in black and red chalk

Department

Drawings and Prints

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

2007.174

Credit

Purchase, 2006 Benefit Fund, 2007