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Nude Old Man Seated, Leaning on His Forearm, Facing Left
c. 1640
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Red and black chalk, with touches of white chalk, on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 34.4 × 21.7 cm (13 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1990.139
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jacob Jordaens. Nude Old Man Seated, Leaning on His Forearm, Facing Left. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Nude Old Man Seated, Leaning on His Forearm, Facing Left — Jacob Jordaens. c. 1640.
Medium: Red and black chalk, with touches of white chalk, on cream laid paper. Dimensions: 34.4 × 21.7 cm (13 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Following Rubens's death in 1640, Jordaens was regarded as the greatest living painter in the Southern Netherlands. Deeply influenced by Rubens, Jordaens created genre scenes characterized by an often candid realism. This study from life depicts a figure familiar from other drawings and paintings by the artist from around 1640.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
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.