Saint Paul Seated, with his Conversion in the Background; Verso: Figure Sketch
late 16th–mid-17th century
Medium
Black chalk, brush and brown and gray wash, red chalk, heightened with white gouache; incised for transfer (?); framing line in pen and black ink
Dimensions
9 5/16 x 6 1/2 in. (23.7 x 16.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.618.3
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About the Artist
Abraham Bloemaert · 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...