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Black chalk

Scope note

Natural chalk containing carbon or shale and used for drawing especially since the Renaissance.

This term has 2,283 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300080058

Broader Terms used

chalk

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Fisherfolk on a beach

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Schalke, Cornelis van der (Attributed to)

Four women dancing

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

An academy study of a male nude

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: David, Jacques-Louis (Attributed to)

Horsemen and cattle crossing a ford

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Laer, Pieter van (Attributed to)

St Sebastian

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Goltzius, Hendrik

Head of a sleeping child

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Mieris, Willem van (Attributed to)

Nude woman standing

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Liss, Johann (Pan) (Attributed to)

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