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Study of the Virgin and Child

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Study of the Virgin and Child

mid-17th century

Medium

Black and red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue paper

Tags

Madonna and Child

Dimensions

sheet: 13 x 11 7/16 in. (33 x 29 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

1597–1655 • Habsburg 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

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