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The High Priest, Aaron
Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, about 1564–1651)
early 17th century
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil, pen and brown ink, and brush with brown wash, heightend with white
Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 31.1 x 22.8cm (12 1/4 x 9in.)
Framed: 57.2 x 43.2 cm (22 1/2 x 17 in.)
Framed: 57.2 x 43.2 cm (22 1/2 x 17 in.)
Credit Line
Mary L. Smith Fund
Accession Number57.610
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Bolten 243
DescriptionPreparatory study for a chiaroscuro woodcut; the MFA's impression is accession number P1618.
ProvenanceMay 14, 1736, possibly in the Samuel van Huls sale, Swart, The Hague, lot 390. Jean Paul Richter (b. 1847 - d. 1937), Lugano; November 22, 1956, posthumous Richter sale, Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, lot 28. Julius S. Held (b. 1905 - d. 2002), New York. 1957, William H. Schab, New York; 1957, sold by Schab to the MFA for $350. (Accession Date: October 9, 1957)