Study of a Figure in Priest's Robes, c. 1650, Jacob Jordaens, Flemish, 1593 - 1678, 14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in. (37.94 x 25.56 cm) (approx.)20 1/2 x 24 15/16 in. (52.07 x 63.34 cm) (mat), Black and red chalk, oiled charcoal, grey wash, heightened with white, Belgium, 17th century, Jacob Jordaens was the leading painter in Antwerp in the generation after Rubens. He was greatly influenced by the elder artist and occasionally worked for him. Though he is now best known for his droll genre pictures, he also painted religious, historical, mythological, and allegorical works. His prolific draftsmanship is represented by some 450 drawings plausibly attributed to him today. Like Rubens, he worked with a decisive hand, and scholars have had some difficulty assigning some drawing with certainty to one or the other.