Art, literature & history
Putti Testing a Man's Perception of Depth
c. 1613
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white, on laid paper; indented with a stylus and chalked for transfer on the verso
- Dimensions
- overall: 9.7 x 14.6 cm (3 13/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1982.104.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Peter Paul Rubens. Putti Testing a Man's Perception of Depth. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Putti Testing a Man's Perception of Depth — Sir Peter Paul Rubens. c. 1613.
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white, on laid paper; indented with a stylus and chalked for transfer on the verso.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 9.7 x 14.6 cm (3 13/16 x 5 3/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1982.104.1. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.