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1504 - 1536
Medium
pen
Dimensions
d 178mm
Collection
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Materials
prepared paper; paint (coating); ink
Object Type
drawing
Subject Matter
Cleopas and Peter meet Christ (sometimes they are dressed as pilgrims)
Production Place
Antwerp
Acquisition Method
purchase
Acquired
1939
Notes
…; anonymous sale, Amsterdam (B. Houthakker & F.W.H. Hollstein), 21 February 1939, no. 26, as attributed to Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, fl. ...
Collection Type
drawings
Jan de Beer is regarded as one of the central figures in Antwerp Mannerism. He was possibly born in Antwerp where was an apprentice to to the painter Gillis van Everen. Although a drawing in the British Museum is the only fully signed work by de Beer, it is possible to extrapolate from it and attribute other works to him with considerable confidence; the resulting oeuvre includes about two dozen works. Jan was the parent of Aert de Beer. Comment on works: religious
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