Title Print and Twelve Figure Studies
Also titled Titelprent en twaalf figuurstudies
Michael Sweerts (Brussels, 1618–1664)
1656
- Medium
- paper
- Classification
- titelprent
- Dimensions
- height 90 mm x width 81 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Thirteen lifelike faces from 1656 look back, or away from us. The figures differ in gender, age, clothing style, and facial expression. In Brussels, Michael Sweerts gave drawing lessons to artists in training. This series may have been part of his teaching material; students would use them to draw from models. While not portraits, the types were certainly meant to be recognizable, for instance as random passers-by in a typical 1656 street scene.
