The Dead Christ (recto); Child's Head (verso)

Charles Le Brun (Verso by Unknown Artist (French, 18th century))

1646 (recto); 18th century (verso)

Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, and traces of red chalk, heightened with lead white (discolored), on blue laid paper, tipped on cream laid paper (recto), and red chalk transfer on cream laid paper
Classification
Drawing and Watercolor
Dimensions
22.8 × 35.1 cm (9 × 13 7/8 in.)
Culture
France
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
Credit line
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago