# The Young Draughtsman [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CODDE, Pieter]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 28 x 37 cm ## Commentary The Young Draughtsman c. 1630 Oil on panel, 28 x 37 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels In 17th-century Dutch painting there are various paintings of children drawing, for instance, mostly from plaster models. It is possible that painters of these works, an example being shown in this picture, wanted to stress the importance of drawing in an artist's training. ## Related artworks - [A Merry Company in an Interior]() - [Actors' Changing Room]() - [Art-lovers in a Painter's Studio]() - [Elegant Company Making Music]() - [Gallant Company]() - [Interior with Musicians Seated around a Table \(detail\)]() - [Interior with Musicians Seated around a Table]() - [Lady Seated at Virginals]() - [Merry Company]() - [Musical Company]() - [Portrait of a Child]() - [The Dancing Lesson]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()