Saint Margaret
n.d.
Medium
Brush and gray wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on blue laid paper
Dimensions
17.5 × 19 cm (6 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84227
Art Historical Context
In the Prints and Drawings collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, *Saint Margaret* by Flemish artist Godfried Maes1649–1705) offers a delicate glimpse into 17th-century devotional art. Maes, known for his religious history paintings and portraits in the Baroque tradition, captures the revered Saint Margaret of Antioch—patroness of pregnant women and childbirth—in this intimate preparatory drawing. Though undated, its style reflects the dramatic tenebrism and fluid forms typical of Flemish Baroque draftsmen influenced by masters like Rubens. Executed in brush and gray wash over faint grap...
About the Artist
Godfried Maes · 1649–1700
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