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Studies for an Adoration of the Shepherds
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Studies for an Adoration of the Shepherds

early 17th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink, over black chalk; framing line in pen and brown ink, probably by a later hand

Dimensions

Sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (19.1 × 29.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, C. G. Boerner Gift, 2015

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Adriaen Brouwer

1605–1638Southern Netherlands

Son of a tapestry designer and an embroidress (or perhaps dressmaker). Legend has it that his widowed mother placed him as an apprentice in the studio of Frans Hals in Haarlem. In 1626 Brouwer moved to Amsterdam and was a successful artist. Comment on works: Genre; Religious; Landscapes