Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, Three Women, and an Angel

Former Attribution Hendrick van den Broeck Netherlandish

mid 16th century

Not on view

According to Karel van Mander’s "Schilder-boeck" of 1604, the Brussels artist Adriaan de Weerdt "set his heart exclusively on the manner of Parmigianino, whom he tried to imitate with all his might." In drawing such as this sheet, which must be dated during or after De Weerdt’s stay in Italy, the artist followed the model of the great artist from Parma in subject, style and technique. Only a small number of other drawings and oil sketches on paper by De Weerdt survive. In addition, his style, characterized by a flowing line and extremely elongated, graceful figures, is recorded in several engravings, published in Cologne, where the artist lived from 1566 and where he also died.

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Title: Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, Three Women, and an Angel
Artist: Adriaan de Weerdt (Netherlandish, Brussels ca. 1510–ca. 1590 Cologne)
Former Attribution: Hendrick van den Broeck (Netherlandish, Mechelen ca. 1530–1597 Rome)
Date: mid 16th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and brown ink, by the artist
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 7 3/8 in. (14.9 × 18.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2015
Object Number: 2015.512
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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