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A standing Figure in a wide Cloak, his Arms across his Chest, turned towards the Left (John the Evangelist?)
Standing Figure (John the Evangelist?)
A standing Figure in a wide Cloak, his Arms across his Chest, turned towards the Left (John the Evangelist?)
Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, about 1564–1651)
1625–29
Medium/Technique
Black chalk with traces of red chalk, heightened with white chalk
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.2 x 14.7 cm (9 15/16 x 5 13/16 in. )
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number15.1254
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Bolten 905; verso Bolten 836
DescriptionVerso: Head of a Woman, black chalk
"This study may represent a first idea for the figure of John the Evangelist, standing to the right of the crucified Christ in Bloemaert's painting of 1629, 'The Crucifixion' in Schevenigen." Bolten, p. 302, no. 905
"This study may represent a first idea for the figure of John the Evangelist, standing to the right of the crucified Christ in Bloemaert's painting of 1629, 'The Crucifixion' in Schevenigen." Bolten, p. 302, no. 905
Inscriptionsl.r. Attribution to Bloemaert in ink
ProvenanceJohn Postle Heseltine (1843-1929, London, Lugt 1507); acquired through Mr. Walter Gay (1856-1937, Boston artist), December 1915