The Adoration of the Shepherds (recto); Sketches (verso) — Maerten van Heemskerck. The Adoration of the Shepherds (recto); Sketches (verso), ca. 1532–37. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

AT-00021543

Public data from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Learn more

The Adoration of the Shepherds (recto); Sketches (verso)

by Maerten van Heemskerck

Quick Overview

Artist: Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, Heemskerck 1498–1574 Haarlem)
Date: ca. 1532–37
Medium: Pen and two hues of brown ink, brush and brown-gray wash, heightened with white gouache (recto); black chalk (verso)
Dimensions: sheet: 13 11/16 x 13 1/4 in. (34.7 x 33.7 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2001
Accession no.: 2001.637

More by Maerten van Heemskerck in museum collections

Portrait of Machtelt Suijs
Maerten van Heemskerck
c. 1540–45 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00000271
Abigail
Maerten van Heemskerck
c. 1560 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002220
Jonah Cast Out by the Whale onto the Shore of Nineveh
Maerten van Heemskerck
1566 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011138
Jacob Willemsz van Veen (1456–1535), the Artist's Father
Maerten van Heemskerck
1532 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00015137

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Open-access museum record · AT-00021543

Powered by Art Trackers