DrawingsNetherlandish16th century

The Virgin of Sorrows

c. 1590-1595

Artists

Karel van ManderArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown and gray wash and white opaque watercolor over touches of black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk at right and bottom edges, on remnants of mount

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.2 x 17.3 cm (7 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Unidentified Collector, probably English, mid-17th century (L. 2908, lower right). Probably Comte de Caylus, Paris (L. 474, lower right). [Unidentified dealer, Mt. Kisco, New York], sold; to Olga Noreen Brigg Fletcher, Chappaqua, New York, 1958, given; to her daughter, Wendy Scott Fletcher, Hingham, MA, 1967; Partial Gift of Wendy Scott Fletcher and Partial Purchase through the Marian H. Phinney Fund, 2001.135

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