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Adoration of the Shepherds

Joachim Beuckelaer  (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1533 – 1575 Antwerp)

Former Attribution:
Formerly attributed to Pieter Aertsen (Dutch, Amsterdam 1507/8–1575 Amsterdam)
Date:
1560
Medium:
pen and brown ink, gray wash on brown paper, squared in red chalk
Dimensions:
6 7/8 x 6 3/16 in. (17.4 x 15.7 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession Number:
1975.131.137

This artwork is not on display

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: In brown ink at lower right: 1560

  • Provenance

    Samuel van Huls (1675–1734); probably his sale, The Hague, May 14, 1736, album A, no. 63; Donor: Harry G. Sperling

  • References

    Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann "Dutch and Flemish Figure Drawings from the collection of Harry G. Sperling" Master Drawings. 1, 12, New York, 1974, fig. no. 2, pp. 34, 36, 37, ill.

    Wouter Kloek "Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek: Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art" Pieter Aertsen en het probleem van het samenstellen van zijn oeuvre. The Hague, 1989, p. 14, ill.

    Wouter Kloek "Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek / Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art" Tekeningen van Pieter Aertsen en Joachim Beuckelaer. 40, The Hague, 1989, p. 153, fig. B.1, ill.

    Peter C. Sutton Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker. New Haven and London, 2008, p. 120, ill.



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