
Gaspar de Crayer (Antwerp 1584 - Ghent 1669)
Figure study for ‘The Adoration of the Shepherds’
Description:
red chalk heightened with white on blue paper
350 x 305 mm
Provenance:
Private collection, Belgium
Note:
A study for the right-hand figure of a shepherd carrying a sheep in the Rijksmuseum’s The Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1640-1650. To the left of the sheet is a separate study of a hand, which relates to the right hand of the shepherd.
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