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Study of legs, feet, and a young man leaning
Abraham Bloemaert, 1574 - 1651
This study is a good example of the kind of sketches that artists kept in their ‘artistic archive’. They could draw from it at will when composing a painting or a sculpture. Bloemaert used this study for his painting The Adoration of the Shepherds (Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover).
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-1886-A-686(R)
- Dimensionsheight 257 mm x width 167 mm
- Physical characteristicsred and white chalk, some pen in brown