Saint John Preaching in the Wilderness

Abraham Bloemaert|Cornelis van Haarlem

late 16th–mid-17th century

Saint John Preaching in the Wilderness by Abraham Bloemaert|Cornelis van Haarlem

Medium

Pen and brown ink, light brown wash on brown washed paper with pink tones; traces of framing line in pen and brown ink

Dimensions

7 7/8 x 12 13/16 in. (20 x 32.5 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971

Accession Number

1975.131.143

Tags

MenSaint John the Baptist

About the Artist

Abraham Bloemaert|Cornelis van Haarlem · 15661651

Abraham Bloemaert (1566–1651) was born in Gorinchem in the Dutch Republic, the son of architect Cornelis Bloemaert, and grew up in Utrecht after the family relocated there in 1575. His early artistic formation took him to Paris for three years in the early 1580s, where he studied with several masters before returning to the Northern Netherlands to pursue his career. He settled permanently in Utrec...

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