Jan de Bray
ca. 1627-1697
"Suffer the Little Children to Come unto me": Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17
1663
10 13/16 x 11 15/16 inches (275 x 303 mm)
Brush and gray wash, over pen and brown ink, on paper; framing line in brown ink.
1999.18
Purchased as the gift of the Markus Family in memory of Frits Markus.
Notes
Watermark: Triple crescents, decreasing in size (similar to Heawood, no. 866), fragment, three moons. Watermark, beta radiograph. Crescents. 160523wm_036_1999_18.jpg
The drawing records de Bray's undated painting of the subject in the Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem.
The drawing records de Bray's undated painting of the subject in the Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at upper center, in point of brush and brown ink, "JDB(in ligature)ray. / 1663".
Bibliography
100 Master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum. München : Hirmer, 2008, no. 61, repr. [Jane Shoaf Turner]
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Catalog link
Department