The Virgin Surrounded by Angels and Representatives of Secular and Ecclesiastical Authorities
late 16th–mid 17th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash. Framing lines in pen and brown ink. Indented for transfer
Dimensions
4 15/16 x 3 1/8 in. (12.5 x 7.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1964
Accession Number
64.197.7
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Art Historical Context
In the late 16th to mid-17th century Flemish artist Pieter de Jode I this intricate drawing, *The Virgin Surrounded by Angels and Representatives of Secular and Ecclesiastical*. Executed in pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, small sheet (just under 5 by 3 inches) captures a heavenly assembly around the Virgin Mary. Angels, some bearing musical instruments, flank her alongside figures symbolizing church and state leaders, evoking the Counter-Reformation era's emphasis on Marian devotion and the harmony of divine and earthly authority in Catholic Flanders. De Jode, a skilled engraver ...