Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block
Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block is a drawing in pen and light brown ink with brush and light brown wash over black chalk underdrawing; on off-white paper, made 17th century by Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century. It is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, in the Drawings and Prints collection, accession 56.235.70. It entered that collection as Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Jaffe, 1956. It measures 4-3/4 x 3-9/16 in. (12.1 x 9.0 cm).
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• Accession number: 56.235.70 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block (accession 56.235.70)) • Maker: Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block (accession 56.235.70)) • Acquired: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Jaffe, 1956 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block (accession 56.235.70)) • Made: 17th century (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block (accession 56.235.70)) • Collection: Drawings and Prints (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block (accession 56.235.70)) • Dimensions: 4-3/4 x 3-9/16 in. (12.1 x 9.0 cm) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block (accession 56.235.70)) • Medium: Pen and light brown ink with brush and light brown wash over black chalk underdrawing. On off-white paper (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block (accession 56.235.70)) • Object: Drawing (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block (accession 56.235.70)) • Held by: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block (accession 56.235.70)) • Title: Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block (accession 56.235.70))
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Museum record · Institutional or primary · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Startled Figure of a Soldier Seated on a Block (accession 56.235.70)
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