Apart from a few details, the composition of this sheet corresponds entirely to a lost painting, which is, however, accurately described in a handwritten inventory in an auction catalogue from 1788.
| Artist |
Gaspar de Crayer
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VIAF
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| Title | The Martyrdom of Saint Dorothea |
| Period | 17th century |
| Medium and support | wash AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
ink drawing
chalk drawings AAT lavis (technique) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1950-W-6 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Verhoeven, Rudolphe 1915 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1950-W-6 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3875/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11HH
female saints
Iconclass
11HH(DOROTHEA) the virgin martyr Dorothea of Caesarea; possible attributes: basket of roses and apples, child with basket of roses, garland of roses, roses in hand or lap Iconclass 25F animals Iconclass 25F2 mammals Iconclass 31A233 kneeling figure Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 44G32 executioner, hangman Iconclass 46C13141 horse Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Gaspar de Crayer : sa vie et ses oeuvres / Hans Vlieghe. - Bruxelles : Arcade, 1972 |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 13) |
| Entre Rubens et Van Dyck : Gaspar de Crayer (1584-1669) (exposition Cassel, Musée de Flandre, 30.06 - 04.11.2018) / Sandrine Vézilier-Dussart, Alexis Merle du Bourg, Hans Vlieghe, Matthias Depoorter, Valentine De Beir. - Cassel : Musée départemental de Flandre (Cassel), 2018 (p. 136-137, cat. 5.12) |
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