Half-Length Portrait Study of a Wigged Man, Circle of Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740–60

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Half-Length Portrait Study of a Wigged Man, ca. 1740–60, Black and white chalks and graphite on blue laid paper, squared in graphite, sheet: 9 5/16 x 7 13/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Circle of Joseph van Aken (Flemish, Antwerp (?) ca. 1699–1749 London (active Britain)), After training in Antwerp, the young Van Aken went to London, where he specialized in painting draperies. The leading portraitists there, including Joseph Highmore, Thomas Hudson, and Allan Ramsay, often painted only a sitter's face, relying on Van Aken to finish the rest of the figure

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Size: 4221px × 5069px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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