Bust of Pseudo-Seneca, 1600?1626, Pen and brown ink over black chalk heightened with white, with brush and gray ink, 10 7/16 x 6 15/16 in. (26. 5 x 17. 7 cm), Drawings, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577?1640 Antwerp), and Assistant (? ), Rubens was deeply engaged with classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance - subjects with which he acquired close familiarity during a stay in Italy from 1600 to 1608. The Flemish master produced numerous drawn copies after Renaissance and antique works