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Gerard P. van Groningen

The Seed Received among the Thorns, from the Parable of the Sower

c. 1573
Black chalk, gray wash, and brown ink, on cream laid paper; traces of transfer

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The stage-like format of this drawing recalls enacted "plays of meaning," or moralizing plays, performed in the Netherlands at the time.

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