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Abraham Bloemaert

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Landscape painting of a wooded hill with sheep, ruined buildings, a river, and a distant hilltop town under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

1581-1651

Oil painting of John the Baptist preaching to a crowd in a forest, with a valley of cottages and dancing figures beyond.

Preaching of John the Baptist

1590 - 1610

Painting of cabbages, pumpkins and artichokes in the foreground, with a gnarled tree, a resting man and a farmhouse behind.

Landscape with Fruits and Vegetables in the foreground

1600 - 1651

Interior of a rustic farmhouse with a woman and infant, a man, a fire in the hearth, a dog and copper pots.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1632

Painting of Israelites gathering at a rock as water flows out, with a woman raising a golden vessel and cattle nearby.

Moses Striking the Rock

1596

Painting of a nude woman stabbing herself with a dagger beside a stone pedestal and green curtain, with a dark background.

The Suicide of Lucretia

1561-1611

Painting of a kneeling man before a seated woman in blue holding a palm branch, with a crowd and a distant athletic contest.

teagene riceve la palma dell'onore da cariclea

1626

Painting of a mythological banquet with gods at a table, a nude woman in the foreground, and flying cupids under red drapery.

The gods' feast at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis

1638

Red-toned mythological banquet with reclining nude figures, winged putti, and a flying messenger with a staff by Abraham Bloe

Feast of the Gods, possibly the Feast at the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

1598

Large painting of a crowned warrior in armor surrounded by soldiers, kneeling figures, a horse and a pile of treasure.

Coronation Scene

1629

Painting of a nude woman seated by an apple tree while an elderly woman in orange gestures beside her, with fruit and a garde

Vertumnus and Pomona

1605

Elderly peasant woman with a brass water vessel on a yoke and a basket, raising a finger beside a thatched hut.

Boerin

1632

Painting of a thatched farmstead with a walking man, sheep, and seated figures under a cloudy sky.

Farmstead wit the Parable of the Prodigal Son

1605

Charity

Charity

c. 1590

Painting of a thatched farmstead with resting peasants, goats, a dog and a turkey under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with farmstead, peasants and the exodus of Tobias with the angel

1630

Night nativity in a barn: a kneeling woman in red beside the infant on straw, with shepherds, an ox and a hanging lamp.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

1600

Dim rustic interior with a seated woman holding an infant, a man beside copper pots, a figure at a hearth, and a dog.

Rust op de vlucht naar Egypte

1632

Painting of the Virgin and Child receiving a kneeling king in red robes, with angels and a star above.

Adoration of the Magi

1624

Venus and Adonis

Venus and Adonis

1632

Painting of a young woman in a straw hat holding a bowl of grapes, with a shepherd's crook, goats and vine leaves behind her.

Hirtin mit Traubenschale

1628

Painting of nude figures struck by arrows in a stormy landscape, with two archers in the clouds above.

Apollo and Diana Punishing Niobe by Killing her Children

1591

Painting of Vertumnus and Pomona in a forest with gourds in the foreground and a stream beyond.

Landscape with Vertumnus and Pomona

1595

Painting of the dead Christ on a white shroud, mourned by the Virgin, Saint John and a kneeling woman in gold.

The Lamentation of Christ

1625

Oil painting of an elderly man with grey tousled hair, wrinkled face and sinewy neck against a dark background.

Head of an Old Man

1625/1628

Rural farm scene with cattle, a thatched hut, a kneeling woman, and travelers near a stone house under a cloudy sky.

Rural landscape with the expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21:14-21)

1650

Four men write at a table while a winged angel looks on, with an ox, lion and eagle in the shadowy background.

The Four Evangelists

1612

Oil painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, who gazes upward, against a dark background.

Virgin and Child

1625

Painting of a dilapidated farmhouse with children, a dog and a resting sheep in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Farmhouse

1629

Painting of Moses raising his staff at a rocky cliff as people, cattle and cherubs gather to collect water.

Moses Striking the Rock

1611

Painting of the Holy Family under a large tree with angels and cherubs gathering flowers and hovering in the branches.

Flight into Egypt

1651

Painting of a thatched cottage with a woman and man milking goats in front, a swan, firewood and a stormy sky.

A cottage with peasants milking goats

1620

Painting of a shepherd and shepherdess resting under a large tree with sheep, a lamb and a clay jug in a pastoral landscape.

Pastoral Scene

1627

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a red hat with two women beside him, a still life of food and gold vessels at right.

Lot and His Daughters

1624

Reclining nude Venus with Cupid and wine, flanked by a wheat-bearing woman and a male figure with grapes and a barrel.

Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus (Terentius, Eunuch, 4:732)

1651

Oil painting of thatched cottages, rocky hills and figures in red cloaks under a dramatic sky, by Abraham Bloemaert, 1628.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

1628

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a brown garment, gazing to the left against a dark background.

Old Man

1635

Old Woman

1635

Painting of a shepherd boy pointing toward Tobias and an angel walking in a distant green field with a dog.

Shepherd Boy pointing at Tobias and the Angel

1625

Oil painting of an elderly man with disheveled gray hair, wrinkled face and sinewy neck against a dark background.

Head of an Old Man

Painting of Cain raising an axe over the fallen Abel, two nude men in a rocky landscape with a dark background.

Cain slaying Abel

1593

Painting of Mercury playing pipes beside sleeping Argus and a white cow in a dark forest.

Mercury, Argus and Io

1592

Young man in a feathered hat holds a flute and looks upward beside a dark jug, painted against a brown background.

The flute player (NL: original title: De Fluitspeler)

1621

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a dark robe looking upward with clasped hands against a dark background.

The apostle Paul of Tarsus

1631

Painting of a crowned man on a throne with kneeling and gesturing men in colorful robes beneath a green canopy.

Joseph and his Brothers

1595

Two Female Heads

1600-1650

Pen and wash drawing of a thatched cottage beside trees, with a sketch of a brick gate and bridge on the reverse.

Peasant's Cottage (recto); Bridge and Gate (verso)

c. 1600

Pen and wash drawing of a thatched peasant cottage with brick walls, a chimney, and trees framing the scene.

Peasant's Cottage (recto)

c. 1600

Etching of Juno standing with a scepter, a peacock at her feet, and clouds with a chariot in the sky behind her.

Juno

c. 1610

Brown wash drawing of goats resting in a barnyard with a goatherd standing at right beside a wicker basket.

A Barnyard with Goats and a Goatherd

c. 1610-15

Three Studies of Women (recto); Four Studies of Hands and a Counterproof of a Kneeling Young Man (verso)

1620s

Pen and brown ink drawing of Mars and Venus embracing under a canopy, with cupids and a lion-masked shield.

Mars and Venus

about 1592

Black chalk drawing of a reclining nude man with a cloth wrapped around his body, on pink paper.

Study of a Nude Man

1645-51

Pen and wash drawing of two cabbages and a trailing marrow plant with leaves and a gourd on pale paper.

Studies of a Marrow Plant and Cabbages

about 1605-1614

Pen and brown ink drawing of reclining river gods and figures pursuing near a tree, by Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592.

River Gods Watching Apollo Pursuing Daphne (recto); Virgin and Child and Two Partial Studies of Hands and Drapery (ve…

about 1592

Drawing of an elderly bearded man with bald head and lowered eyes, rendered in grey wash with white highlights.

Study of the Head of a Bearded Man

1595/1605

Pen and wash drawing of a farm courtyard with a brick house, thatched barns, wooden fences and leaning ladders.

View of a Farm Courtyard (recto); Study of a Tree (verso)

about 1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of an angel freeing a chained man in a prison while guards sleep nearby.

Liberation of Saint Peter from Prison

Brown ink and wash drawing of rearing horses and a fallen figure in a dramatic mythological scene.

Hippolytus

Pen and wash drawing of a seated bishop saint with mitre, crozier and book, rays of light behind his head.

Saint Willibrord

1625/30

Etching of Latona with two children beside a pond where peasants turn into frogs, thatched cottages and trees behind.

Latona (Leto)

1636

Pencil drawing of a farmhouse beside ruined walls, with a woman carrying a basket and a wooden cart in the foreground.

Et bondehus mellem ruiner, i forgrunden t.h. vaskerpiger

1650

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Circumcision: a priest holds an infant at an altar as a kneeling woman gestures beside him.

The Circumcision

1601

Brown wash drawing of an angel leading a seated man past sleeping guards in a prison cell with a niche and column.

Design for St. Peter Delivered from Prison

1640

Pen and wash drawing of nude Venus reclining with cupid, beside Ceres and Bacchus with grapes and a barrel, amid clouds.

Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze

1590-95

Drawing of crowned Christ standing between two figures holding a cloth, in brown ink and wash on tan paper.

Ecce Homo

late 16th-mid-17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ among disciples, with a kneeling woman reaching toward him beneath a large tree.

Christ and the Canaanite Women

late 16th-mid-17th century

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling woman with arms raised and face upturned, draped in flowing robes.

Kneeling Female Figure with Upraised Arms

late 16th-mid-17th century

Pen and ink drawing with green wash of two gnarled pollard willow trees with bare branches on grassy ground.

Studies of Two Pollard Willows; Verso: Wide Landscape Prospect

late 16th-mid-17th century

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in a sash-belted gown, with five studies of hands around her on cream paper.

Study of a Seated Woman and Five Studies of Hands; Verso: Landscape with a Road and a Tree to the Right

late 16th-mid-17th century

Red chalk drawing of a headless draped figure with crossed arms and a voluminous robe, highlighted in white.

Study of a Headless Draped Figure with Arms Crossed; verso: Figure of a Man in a Voluminous robe, Seen from Behind

late 16th-mid-17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of figures in a wilderness, one gesturing with an outstretched arm, others draped in cloa

Saint John Preaching in the Wilderness

late 16th-mid-17th century

Sketch of a bearded Saint Paul seated in drapery, with lightning and a conversion scene in the background.

Saint Paul Seated, with his Conversion in the Background (recto); Figure Sketch (verso)

late 16th-mid-17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of nude figures gathered among tall trees in a wooded landscape.

The Judgment of Paris

late 16th-mid-17th century

Etching of the goddess Juno with a peacock, a scepter and a radiating halo, standing on clouds.

Juno

1608

Pen and watercolor drawing of a thatched farm building with a chimney, wheelbarrow, wagon wheel, and leaning poles.

A Farm Building (recto); Head of a Woman and Slight Sketch of Woman Holding a Child (verso)

late 16th-mid-17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman tenderly holding a child, with dark foliage behind them.

The Holy Family

Red chalk and wash drawing of a kneeling bishop in mitre and robes reading a book at a lectern.

Seated Bishop

c. 1620 - 1630

Pen and brown wash drawing of a dilapidated thatched hut with wooden posts, a planked door and a leaning pole.

Bouwvallige hut

1595

Pen and grey wash drawing of many figures kneeling and washing at basins and cloths beside a tree and tents.

Ritual Washing of the Israelites

1606

Brown ink drawing of gnarled trees over a seated figure and a resting dog, with birds in the sky.

Landscape with Seated Figure and Dog

c. 1620

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin standing on clouds with angels kneeling below and cherubs around her.

The Virgin in Glory

1564

Red chalk drawing of a draped figure with studies of a leg, an arm and rolled cloth folds.

Studies of Legs and Drapery [recto]

Red chalk drawing with white highlights showing studies of hands, a kneeling praying man, and bending figures in drapery.

Studies of Hands and Bending Figures [verso]

Circular brown ink drawing of a reclining muscular male figure pointing toward a rocky landscape with small figures.

Acis and Galatea

1590

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman gesturing toward a winged angel, with a child lying on the ground nearby and a jug beside

An angel appears and reveals a well of water to Hagar (Genesis 21:14-21)

1651

Brown ink and wash drawing of a long-haired dog lying down, head turned toward the viewer.

Långhårig hund

Brown wash drawing of a man in a wide hat reaching toward a seated woman beneath gnarled trees in a landscape.

En man och en kvinna i ett landskap

Red chalk drawing of two studies of an elderly woman's head, one in a turban looking down, one in a headscarf looking up.

Två studier av en gammal kvinnas huvud

Red chalk studies of a child's head from several angles and small hands, with blue-grey heightening on warm paper.

Studier av ett barns huvud och händer

Red chalk study of a standing cow with curved horns, plus separate studies of legs and hooves at the lower right.

Studier av en ko

1603

Red chalk sketch of a seated bishop in a tall mitre and flowing robes, drawn in loose sweeping lines on tan paper.

Sittande biskop som håller en bok och ett krucifix

Brown wash drawing of a reclining river god and a seated female figure with wheat, beside a decorative scroll border.

En flodgud och Ceres i en dekorativ ram

1620

Pen and brown ink drawing of a man in a feathered turban with a staff on his shoulders, a dog beside him, tents behind.

Oriental med hund

1841

Engraving of Christ raising Lazarus from a tomb as kneeling women and a crowd react around him.

Raising of Lazarus (Reverse Copy)

n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a flood with many figures and animals fleeing up rocky slopes under a stormy sky.

The Flood

1600

Brown wash drawing of an angel announcing to shepherds by a campfire, with cattle, sheep, and a woman holding an infant.

Annunciation to the shepherds

1600