DrawingsFlemish17th century

Shepherd Surprised by Dancing Nymphs

17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Flemish

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 19.3 x 29.9 cm (7 5/8 x 11 3/4 in.)

Provenance

[Maison F. A. C. Pestel, Frankfurt (L. 2730, with their mark)]. Austin A. Mitchell, New York, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

Related Artworks

Drawings

Mountainous Landscape with Figures

Pieter Stevens, 16th-17th century

Brown ink and gray and blue wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite laid down

16th-17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Allegory of Redemption (Design for a Frontispiece)

Jan Erasmus Quellinus, 17th-18th century

Gray ink and brown wash over graphite or black chalk, incised, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper

17th-18th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Two Elk Sleeping

Roelant Savery, 17th century

Black and red chalk on light brown toned antique laid paper

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

A Study for Christ for "The Elevation of the Cross"

Peter Paul Rubens, 1610-11

Black and white chalk and charcoal on light gray antique laid paper discolored to tan

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Shepherd Surprised by Dancing Nymphs

Unidentified Artist, 17th century

Brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Topographical View of Unidentified Belgian Town

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 17th century

Watercolor and black ink on beige antique laid paper, mounted overall; framing line in brown ink

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Saint Gregory of Nazianzus Subduing Heresy

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1620

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

16th-17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Parable of Life

Unidentified Artist, 17th century

Watercolor and gouache, black ink and gold on paper pasted to board

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Trance of Saint Peter

Unidentified Artist, 17th century

Brown ink and gray wash and incidental white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, inlaid on a mount

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

Five Women Talking

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 16th-17th century

Brown ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink

16th-17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

The Ostrich Hunt

Master of the Hermitage Sketchbook, c. 1600

Violet ink on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk

17th centuryFlemish

Drawings

The Infant Jupiter Fed by the Goat Amalthea

Jacques Jordaens, 17th century

Black and red chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink

17th centuryFlemish