The Adoration of the Shepherds; verso: Sketches — Maarten van Heemskerck | DiscoverArt

Maarten van Heemskerck

The Adoration of the Shepherds; verso: Sketches

ca. 1532–37

Pen and two hues of brown ink, brown-gray wash, heightened with white gouache; verso: black chalk

34.7 × 33.7 cm (13.7 × 13.3 in)

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