Studies for an Adoration of the Shepherds

Adriaen Brouwer

early 17th century

Studies for an Adoration of the Shepherds by Adriaen Brouwer

Medium

Pen and brown ink, over black chalk; framing line in pen and brown ink, probably by a later hand

Dimensions

Sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (19.1 × 29.2 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, C. G. Boerner Gift, 2015

Accession Number

2015.102

Tags

Adoration of the Shepherds

About the Artist

Adriaen Brouwer · 16051638

Son of a tapestry designer and an embroidress (or perhaps dressmaker). Legend has it that his widowed mother placed him as an apprentice in the studio of Frans Hals in Haarlem. In 1626 Brouwer moved to Amsterdam and was a successful artist. Comment on works: Genre; Religious; Landscapes

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