JOSEPH VAN AKEN

Joseph van Aken

Bust-length portrait study of a young woman with a striped shawl, ca. 1740–60

Black and white chalk, brown ink and graphite on blue laid paper, squared in graphite

25.4 × 22.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-940559

Joseph van Aken

Half-length portrait study of a wigged man, ca. 1740–60

Black and white chalk and graphite on blue laid paper, squared in graphite

23.6 × 19.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-939977

Joseph van Aken

Half-length portrait study of a woman wearing a cap and pearl earrings, ca. 1740–60

Black and white chalk, brown ink and graphite on blue laid paper, squared in graphite

32.4 × 26.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-939782

Joseph van Aken

Half-length portrait study of a young woman with long hair, ca. 1740–60

Black and white chalk, brown ink and graphite on blue laid paper, squared in graphite

32.5 × 26 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-940560

Joseph van Aken

Oval, bust-length portrait study of a young man, ca. 1740–60

Black and white chalk and graphite on blue laid paper, squared in graphite

33.6 × 28 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-939976

Joseph van Aken

Three-quarter length portrait study of a man seated at a desk with a dog, ca. 1740–60

Black and white chalk, stumping, brown ink and graphite on blue laid paper, squared in graphite

31.2 × 25.6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-939006

JOSEPH VAN AKEN

A statue of Venus

Black chalk with touches of white chalk on blue paper. Watermark: Strasbourg Lily

Colnaghi

C24-153297