Recto: Adoration of the Shepherds, Verso: Adoration of the Shepherds
Drawing
c.1617 (drawn)
c.1617 (drawn)
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Recto: on the left, St Joseph and a cow; in the centre, the Virgin and Child with the crib facing the spectator; on the right, a kneeling shepherdess, two elderly shephers and a young shepherdess carrying a jar on her head; above, in a separate sketch, a shepherd running towards the left. Verso: on the left, an angel and a shepherdess with a jar on her head; in the centre, the Virgin and Child seated, facing to the right; on the right, two kneeling figures, a shepherd holding up a lantern, and four lightly sketched figures, including a child, a shepherd raising his cap and a large dog; in the left background, architectural decoration, including a pillar on a pedestal.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Recto: pen and brush in brown ink, with brown wash, over black chalk. Verso: pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over traces of black chalk. |
| Brief description | Drawing Recto: 'Adoration of the Shepherds', Verso: 'Adoration of the Shepherds', by Jacob Jordaens, Flemish School, Pen and brush in brown ink, c.1617 |
| Physical description | Recto: on the left, St Joseph and a cow; in the centre, the Virgin and Child with the crib facing the spectator; on the right, a kneeling shepherdess, two elderly shephers and a young shepherdess carrying a jar on her head; above, in a separate sketch, a shepherd running towards the left. Verso: on the left, an angel and a shepherdess with a jar on her head; in the centre, the Virgin and Child seated, facing to the right; on the right, two kneeling figures, a shepherd holding up a lantern, and four lightly sketched figures, including a child, a shepherd raising his cap and a large dog; in the left background, architectural decoration, including a pillar on a pedestal. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed at lower left, in brown ink (with the museum’s inv. no.), D.1059–1900; and indistinctly on verso, at lower right corner, in graphite, Hewte(?). |
| Object history | Miss Emily Dalton (1816/17–1900), Leicester, by whom bequeathed to the museum (NAL dry stamp on recto and Dalton Bequest purple ink stamp on verso; neither in Lugt), 1900. |
| Production | The recto is a copy by Jordeans of the central predella of Rubens' altarpiece of the Adoration of the Magi. This copy was probably made by Jordaens at the beginning of his preparation for the altarpiece of the Adoration of the Shepherds, originally in the church of the Canonesses Regular of St Augustine at Kortrijk. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol.II, Cat. 488, illus. pp. 414-15 |
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| Accession number | D.1059-1900 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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