The Apostle James / Walking Apostle

Ca. 1629. Black chalk, Squared-up, Red chalk on laid paper.
Not on display

This drawing depicts the apostle half-length and facing forward. He appears leaning on a staff while gazing upwards.

This preparatory drawing was made for the corresponding figure in the Assumption of the Virgin of the Church in Torrelaguna, dated 1629.

On the reverse side, a walking apostle is depicted.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos T. I. Dibujos españoles, siglos XV-XVII / por A. E. Pérez Sánchez, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 1972, p.41

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Inventory number: D000036
Author: Eugenio Cajés
Title: The Apostle James / Walking Apostle
Date: Ca. 1629
Technique: Black chalk; Squared-up; Red chalk
Support: Laid paper
Dimension: Height: 144 mm; Width: 144 mm
Provenance: Royal Collection

Bibliography +

Angulo Íñiguez, D.; Pérez Sánchez, A. E., Historia de la pintura española: escuela madrileña del primer tercio del siglo XVII, Instituto Diego Velázquez, Madrid, 1969, pp. 231.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos T. I. Dibujos españoles, siglos XV-XVII / por A. E. Pérez Sánchez, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 1972, pp. 41.