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Study of a Standing Commander Holding a Staff; verso: Study of the Descent from the Cross
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Study of a Standing Commander Holding a Staff; verso: Study of the Descent from the Cross

early 17th–mid 17th century

Medium

Black chalk, brown wash, heightened with white gouache (?); verso: red chalk

Dimensions

sheet: approximately 17 11/16 x 14 3/16 in. (45 x 36 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Frits and Rita Markus Fund, 2011

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Cornelis Schut

1597–1655Habsburg Netherlands

Known for paintings commissioned by churches and monasteries, subjects included religious themes, allegorical, and mythological scenes. From 1624 to 1627 he was in Rome, where he was a founder-member of the Schildersbent (the group of Netherlandish artists active in Rome at that time). Schut worked there under the patronage of the Flemish merchant Pieter de Vischere. Comment on works: Mythology; Religious