Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006067Saint Willibrord
Inscriptions
Inscribed verso, upper center, in graphite: "36"; center, in graphite: "St. Willebrordus"; lower left, Ploos van Amstel's inscription, in brown ink: "A: Bloemaert / geb: 1567 / h. 9 d / b 6 3/4 d"; lower left, in pen and brown ink: "reg"
Provenance
Dionys Muilman (1702–1772), Amsterdam; sold, Amsterdam, Mar. 29, 1773, Kunstboek H, lot 591. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726–1798), Amsterdam [inscription (Lugt 3002–4), verso, lower left, in pen and brown ink]; possibly sold, Amsterdam, Mar. 3, 1800, Kunstboek G, lot 26. J de Bosch; sold, Amsterdam, Apr. 6, 1812, Kunstboek B, lot 43. Carel Emil Duits (1882–1969), Amsterdam [stamp (Lugt 533a), recto, lower right, in red]. Prof. Einar Perman (1893–1976), Stockholm, by 1953 [Stockholm 1953]. Sold, Sotheby's, New York, Jan. 27, 2010, lot 9, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, Mass.; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
Exhibition history
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Nationalmuseum and other Swedish Collections, 1953, p. 31, cat. no. 66. Laren, Singer Museum, Oude tekeningen uit de Nederlanden, verzameling Prof. E. Perman, Stockholm, 9 June–16 September 1962, p. 8, cat. no. 9. Art Institute of Chicago, The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings for the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, Mar. 15–June 15, 2014, no cat. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Rubens, Rembrandt, and Drawing in the Golden Age", September 28, 2019 - January 5, 2020, pp. 155 (ill.), cat. by Victoria Sancho Lobis, et. al.
Publications
J. Bolten, Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1565–1651, The Drawings, 2 vols. (Leiden: J. Bolten, 2007), vol. I: p. 123, cat. 312, vol. II: p. 158 (ill.).
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Abraham Bloemaert / Dutch, 1566-1651
- Date
- 1625/30
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with opaque white watercolor, over charcoal, on cream laid paper prepared with a blue wash
- Dimensions
- 24.2 × 16.1 cm (9 9/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- pen and ink drawings
- Place
- Netherlands
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 2013.896
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