Jordaens often made use of contrasts of light and shade to create dramatic effects. Via Rubens, who had been in Italy, he was influenced by Caravaggio’s nocturnal scenes and chiaroscuro. The drawing is a composition study for a painting (now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon), in which Jordaens left out the curtain and the figure in front of it. The engraver Marinus van der Goes made a print after the painting, in which the image is mirrored.
Specifications
| Title | Adoration of the Shepherds |
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| Material and technique | Red and black chalk, brush in brown, brown and blue-grey wash, heightened with white |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 207 mm Width 167 mm |
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| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Jacob Jordaens (I)
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| Accession number | MB 5007 recto (PK) |
| Credits | From the estate of F.J.O. Boijmans, 1847 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1847 |
| Creation date | in circa 1617-1618 |
| Collector | Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans |
| Internal exhibitions |
Rubens, Jordaens, Van Dyck en tijdgenoten (2001) De Collectie Twee - wissel II, Prenten & Tekeningen (2009) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | Southern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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All about the artist
Jacob Jordaens (I)
Antwerpen 1593 - Antwerpen 1678
Jacob Jordaens worked as an assistant of Rubens. After the death of Rubens, Jordaens completed a number of paintings that were intended for Spain. The influence...
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