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Maerten van Heemskerck

Abigail

c. 1560
Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper, incised with stylus for transfer
19.7 × 25.2 cm (7.8 × 9.9 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Maarten van Heemskerck, a prolific draftsman and etcher and the leading proponent of the Mannerist School in Haarlem, spent a decisive period in Rome from 1532 to 1536. This drawing shows the influence of Michelangelo's heroic forms. Pricked for transfer to a metal plate, it is one of six designs he made for an engraved series of Good Women of the Old Testament.

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