# "It is good candles which light the way"

- By: Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593 - 1678)
- Date: 1640s
- Medium: pen and ink with brown wash and white heightening over black and red chalk on laid paper
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: overall: 14.6 x 16.7 cm (5 3/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
- Culture: Flemish
- Credit line: Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.62982.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/7bcaf8db-d2c8-4c1a-9a92-e6cd0a4455d5/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)