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Allegory of Fertility (Recto)

ca. 1640
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 099

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Allegory of Fertility (Recto)
  • Artist: Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, Antwerp 1593–1678 Antwerp)
  • Date: ca. 1640
  • Medium: Pen and brush and brown ink, watercolor, over traces of preliminary drawing in black chalk.
    Verso in black chalk.
  • Dimensions: 9 1/16 x 8 in. (23 x 20.3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.836
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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