Power and Grace: Drawings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens

January 19 through April 29, 2018

Drawings played a crucial role in the artistic practice of the three giants of the Flemish Baroque, Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), and Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678). This exhibition features the greatest works on paper by the artists in the Morgan's collection, as well as a few key loans from local collections. The show highlights the distinctive graphic styles of each artist and their influence on one another. The Morgan is particularly well-suited to tell this fascinating story as its holdings of Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens are unparalleled in the United States.

Power and Grace: Drawings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens is sponsored by the General Delegation of the Government of Flanders to the United States. Generous support is provided by Mr. and Mrs. Clement C. Moore II and the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust.

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Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Seated Male Youth, black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on light gray paper. The Morgan Library & Museum.

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Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Seated Male Youth, ca. 1613, black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on light gray paper, purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1909, The Morgan Library & Museum, I, 232.

Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), An Ecorché Study of the Legs of a Male Nude, with a Subsidiary Study of the Right Leg, ca. 1600– 1605, pen and brown ink, Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs © Christie’s Images.

Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Angel Blowing a Trumpet, Facing Right, ca. 1617-20, black chalk, white chalk with wet brush, pen and black- brown ink, squared in black chalk, purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909, The Morgan Library & Museum, I, 233.

Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Angel Blowing a Trumpet, Facing Left, ca. 1617-20, black chalk, white chalk with wet brush, pen and black- brown ink, squared in black chalk, purchased as the gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of Mr. Walter C. Baker and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stern, The Morgan Library & Museum, 1957.1.

Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), St. Lambert, ca. 1625–30, black chalk, pen and brown ink and brown wash, Private Collection.

Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, ca. 1618–20, pen and brown ink and brown wash, purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1909, The Morgan Library & Museum, I, 245a.

Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), Study for the Dead Christ, ca. 1635–40, black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on gray-blue paper, purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837– 1913) in 1909, The Morgan Library & Museum, I, 243.

Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), Diana and Endymion, ca. 1625–27, pen and point of brush, brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white opaque watercolor, on blue paper, faded to green gray, The Morgan Library & Museum, I, 240.

Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), View of Rye from the Northeast, 27 August 1633, pen and brown ink on paper, purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1909, The Morgan Library & Museum, III, 178.

Jacob Jordaens (1593 – 1678), Study of a Male Nude Seen from Behind, ca. 1617-20, black, red, and white chalk, on light brown paper, Private Collection.

Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), Mother and Child, ca. 1638-40, black, red, and white chalk, The Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection, 2017.133.

Jacob Jordaens (1593 – 1678), Christ Among the Doctors, ca. 1663, watercolor and opaque watercolor, red and black chalks, charcoal, red chalk with wet brush and pen and brown ink, sheet extended by the artist on both sides with vertical strips; purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909, The Morgan Library & Museum, III, 170.