# Study of a Man Playing a Pipe

- By: Govaert Flinck (Dutch, 1615 - 1660)
- Date: 1640s
- Medium: black and white chalk on blue laid paper, laid down on an old album sheet
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: sheet: 39.5 × 24.2 cm (15 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.) ; mount: 45.6 × 30.5 cm (17 15/16 × 12 in.)
- Credit line: Gift of David H. McDonnell
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.215880.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/1885354e-86cc-40cd-aa53-c9c827517b5f/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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