
Danae and the Shower of Gold
Pieter van der HeydenWW-1550-074745
1550·Graphite, heightened with lead white (partially discolored), on blue prepared ground, on laid paper·16.7 × 23.8 cm (6 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1550
- Medium
- Graphite, heightened with lead white (partially discolored), on blue prepared ground, on laid paper
- Dimensions
- 16.7 × 23.8 cm (6 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Pieter van der Heyden
Artist

Pieter van der Heyden
Drawing
Probably attributed to Pieter van der Heyden (Flemish, c. 1530–after 1584)
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- Pieter van der Heyden
- Year
- 1550
- Medium
- Graphite, heightened with lead white (partially discolored), on blue prepared ground, on laid paper
- Dimensions
- 16.7 × 23.8 cm (6 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1550-074745
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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- Status
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