Putti in Clouds, Supporting a Globe
Jan Thomas (also known as Jan Thomas van Yperen, or Ieperen) appears to have been a member of Rubens’s workshop in the 1630s before joining the Antwerp painter’s guild in 1639/1640 and, in the mid-1650s, leaving Flanders first for Germany and then for Vienna, where he continued his career as a history painter and portraitist. The present drawing of putti holding a globe of some kind—a common allegorical motif, usually expressive of triumph—is likely a study for a painting. Undulating contour lines of varied weight and thickness convey the fleshy but weightless bodies of the putti. Long strokes of pen and brush indicate rays of light.
Artwork Details
- Title: Putti in Clouds, Supporting a Globe
- Artist: Jan Thomas (Flemish, Ypres 1617–1678 Vienna)
- Former Attribution: Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599–1641 London)
- Date: mid-17th century
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash; framing lines in pen and brown ink
- Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/8 in. × 5 in. (20.7 × 12.7 cm)
Mount: 8 7/16 × 5 1/4 in. (21.4 × 13.4 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.618
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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