Saint Willibrord
Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1566-1651)
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
A prolific draftsman and influential figure for the Utrecht Caravaggisti, Abraham Bloemaert here portrayed the patron saint of the Netherlands and first Bishop of Utrecht, Saint Willibrord. Active circa 700, Willibrord is credited with introducing Christianity to present-day Netherlands and Belgium. In this and in the several other representations of this saint drawn by Bloemaert, Willibrord is shown holding a cathedral, a symbol of his pioneering efforts to establish a monastery and a cathedral in the city of Utrecht. Bloemaert showed the saint in his clerical regalia; he is made especially imposing by being depicted as if from below.
- 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
- Original size
- 24.2 × 16.1 cm (9 9/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
Museum record · 6 owners · 3 exhibitions
Provenance
- Dionys Muilman (1702–1772), Amsterdam; sold, Amsterdam, Mar. 29, 1773, Kunstboek H, lot 591.
- Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726–1798), Amsterdam; 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.
- Prof. Einar Perman (1893–1976), Stockholm, by 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.
Exhibitions
- Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Nationalmuseum and other Swedish Collections, 1953, cat..
- Laren, Singer Museum, Oude tekeningen uit de Nederlanden, verzameling Prof. E. Perman, Stockholm, 9 June–16 September 1962, cat..
- 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, cat. by Victoria Sancho Lobis, et. al.
