Two Sketches: Mule Carrying Baskets, Pair of Yoked Oxen

1600·Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper, pieced and laid down on ivory laid paper·12.8 × 16.3 cm (5 1/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1600
Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper, pieced and laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 12.8 × 16.3 cm (5 1/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Cornelis de Wael

Artist

Cornelis de Wael

Painting

Cornelis de Wael was a Flemish painter, engraver and merchant who was primarily active in Genoa in Italy. He is known for his genre paintings, battle scenes, history paintings and still lifes. Through his art work, support for Flemish painters working in Italy and role as an art dealer, he played an important role in the artistic exchange between Italy and Flanders in the first half of the 17th century. His work also had an influence on local painters such as Alessandro Magnasco, particularly through his scenes of despair and irony.

Antwerp

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