Studies for an Adoration of the Shepherds
Adriaen Brouwer
early 17th century
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 · 1605–1638
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