Man Praying in Wilderness

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Nicolas Poussin / French, 1594-1665
Date: n.d.
Medium: Brush and black ink and gray wash, with touches of brush and blue-gray wash, over traces of black chalk, on blue wove paper
Dimensions: 14 × 8.7 cm (5 9/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: brush and ink
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Accession no.: 1922.278

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