Saint Dominic Reading — Bartholomeus Spranger

Bartholomeus Spranger

Saint Dominic Reading

c. 1573

Dating
Approximate date range
Held at
Art Institute of Chicago
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with touches of opaque white watercolor, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
30.6 × 18.6 cm (12 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Collection no.
1979.119
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

Bartholomeus Spranger. Saint Dominic Reading. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago

About this artwork

Saint Dominic Reading — Bartholomeus Spranger. c. 1573.

Medium: Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with touches of opaque white watercolor, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper. Dimensions: 30.6 × 18.6 cm (12 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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