Saint John Preaching in the Wilderness
late 16th–mid-17th century
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
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About the Artist
Abraham Bloemaert|Cornelis van Haarlem · 1566–1651
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...