Laban Searching for his Idols

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Artist: Jan de Bray (Dutch, Haarlem ca. 1627–1697 Amsterdam)
Date: 1667
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk; framing line in pen and brown ink, by the artist.
Dimensions: 5 × 3 3/8 in. (12.7 × 8.6 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Frits and Rita Markus Fund, 2016
Accession no.: 2016.37

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A Portrait of a Man
Jan de Bray
1650 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00006161
A Portrait of a Woman
Jan de Bray
1650 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00006162
A Group of Men and Women Playing Chamber Music Within a Portico, Surmounted by Statues of Apollo and Female Figures, and Surrounded by Putti
Jan de Bray
1652 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00024299

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