Artist: Abraham Bloemaert (1566 - 1651)
Nationality: Dutch
Movement: Mannerism
Media: Painting,Printmaking,Design
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Biography:
Abraham Bloemaert worked under many masters, absorbing the Mannerist style. He lived mostly in Utrecht, where he established a solid reputation. Bloemaert’s work was centered on landscapes that used a varied palette, strong contrast, movement, and detail. After his pupil, Gerrit van Honthorst, returned from Italy with the ideas of Caravaggio, Bloemaert added his influence to the lighting in his paintings. He also began using mythological and religious subjects that had never been seen in Dutch art. Bloemaert helped to found Utrecht’s Guild of St. Luke in 1611.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Cornelis Bloemaert The Assumption of the Virgin Engraving 17th century
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Frederik Bloemaert The Drawing Apprentice. Title page for the Drawing Book of Abraham Bloemaert Chiaroscuro 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert "All-arm All-arm" Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert Venus Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert Pastorals. One of a set of four engravings Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert Pastorals. One of a set of four engravings Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert Madonna and Child Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert Pastorals. One of a set of four engravings Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert Pastorals. One of a set of four engravings Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert The Annunciation Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert The Holy Family Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert Emblems of the chase Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert Portrait of Francisco Perretti Engraving 1645
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Frederik Bloemaert Farmhouse with Figures, fourteenth plate from a series of fifteen Farmhouses with Figures etching 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert Virgin adoring the Child Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert St. Paul preaching in Athens Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert St. Peter raising Tabitha Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert The miraculous statue at Trapani in Sicily Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert Virgin and Child, caressing a lamb Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert Leonille, daughter of Tirsenia, transformed into an orange tree Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert Titlepage: "S. Ignatius Loyola Soc. Iesu Fundator" Engraving 17th century
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Artist: Abraham Bloemaert Title: Shepherd Boy Pointing at Tobias and the Angel Date: about 1625
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Cornelis Bloemaert The Holy Family and St. John, (La Vierge aux lunetts) Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis Bloemaert The Hesperides offer the first lemons to the God of Lake Garda Engraving 17th century
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Abraham Bloemaert Farmhouse with Figures pen and brown ink and wash on paper 17th century
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Studies: Women and Hands
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Jacob Matham Abraham Bloemaert, (after P. Morelson) engraving and etching 1610
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Moses Striking the Rock, 1596 Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1564-1651)Oil on canvas; 31 3/8 x 42
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The Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael
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Studies of a Marrow Plant and Cabbages
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Frederik Bloemaert Plate from a series of 30 plates; The Set of the Beggars 17th century
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Frederik Bloemaert Plate from a series of 30 plates; The Set of the Beggars 17th century
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Frederik Bloemaert Plate from a series of 30 plates; The Set of the Beggars 17th century
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Frederik Bloemaert Plate from a series of 30 plates; The Set of the Beggars 17th century
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Abraham Bloemaert - Charity c. 1590 oil on wood Cleveland Museum of Art Dutch
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Mars and Venus
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Attributed to Abraham Bloemaert, Netherlandish, about 1564-1651 Standing Figure undated Black chalk with traces of
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Abraham Bloemaert - Shepherd Boy Pointing at Tobias and the Angel c. 1625-30 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Dutch
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Abraham Eremita, plate 11 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa
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Barnett Newman - Abraham 1949 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art American
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Book with 50 full page engravings 1619
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sacra Eremvs Ascetriarum, frontispiece of the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engrav
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Macarius Alexandrinus, plate 10 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving
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Boetius Adams Bolswert SS. Candida et Gelasia, plate 17 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving ci
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sacra Eremvs Ascetarum, frontispiece of the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Macarius Romanus, plate 15 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circ
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Macarius *gyptius, plate 9 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circ
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Ductus est JESUS in desertum, plate 1 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engravi
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Maria Neptis AbrahÊ, plate 6 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engravin
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sanctus Helenus, plate 20 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 16
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Melania Junior, plate 16 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] circa 1610 - 161
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Elias *gyptius, plate 18 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sanctus Hilarion, plate 5 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 161
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sanctus Theonas, plate 19 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 16
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Joannes in Lyco, plate 17 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa
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Boetius Adams Bolswert SS. Marana et Cyra, plate 23 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum8 Engraving circa
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Ammon Nitriota, plate 21 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Paulus Simplex, plate 22 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 1
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sanctus Arsenius, plate 23 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 16
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sanctus Bonosus, plate 24 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 16
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sanctus Hieronymus, plate 25 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Joannes Baptista, plate 2 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Syncletica, plate 18 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum8 Engraving circa 1
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sanctus Frontonius, plate 16 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sanctus Ephrem, plate 13 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 161
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sanctus Onuphrius, plate 7 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 1
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sanctus Pachomius, plate 8 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 1
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Maria *gypptiaca, plate 9 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Olympias, plate 19 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum8 Engraving circa 161
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Basilius Magnus, plate 12 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Alexandra, plate 20 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum8 Engraving circa 16
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Maria Mater Dei, plate 1 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 1
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Maria Magdalena, plate 2 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 1
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Euphraxia, plate 4 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 161
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Euphrosyna, plate 5 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 16
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Eustochium, plate 13 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 1
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Marcella, plate 14 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 161
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sanctus Antoninus, plate 4 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 16
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S.Simeon Stylita, plate 14 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 1
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Boetius Adams Bolswert S. Paulus primus Eremita, plate 3 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving c
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sanctus Malchus, plate 6 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [ containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 1610
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Magna, plate 21 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum8 Engraving circa 1610 -
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Sara, plate 25 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum8 Engraving circa 1610 -
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Melania Senior, plate 15 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 1610
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Eugenia, plate 3 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 1610
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Sylvia, plate 24 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum8 Engraving circa 1610
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Fabiola, plate 11 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 1610
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Marina, plate 10 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 1610
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Pelagia, plate 8 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa 1610
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Boetius Adams Bolswert Sancta Paula Romana, plate 12 in the second series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts,1619) [containing two series, Sacra Eremus Ascetarum and Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum] Engraving circa
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Jacopo Bassano - The Departure of Abraham late 16th centu oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
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Daniel Chester French - Abraham Lincoln 1912 bronze The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Jan Polack - Abraham and the Three Angels c. 1500 oil on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art German
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Jan Polack - Abraham and the Three Angels c. 1500 oil on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art German
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Thomas Sully - Abraham Kintzing 1815 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Ammi Phillips - Abraham Sleight 1823-25 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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Peter Paul Rubens - The meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek c. 1625-1626 oil on panel The Fitzwilliam Museum Flemish
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Sir Peter Paul Rubens - The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek c. 1626 oil on panel National Gallery of Art Flemish
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Anton Waterloo - Abraham Sending Away Hagar 1650 etching Arkansas Arts Center Dutch
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Gaspard Dughet - Landscape with Abraham and Isaac c. 1660 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French

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San Diego Museum of Art: Master Drawings from the Collection of Alfred Moir
Included are fine examples by Annibale Carracci, Pietro da Cortona, Luca Giordano, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Solimena, Salvator Rosa, Abraham Bloemaert, and Simon Vouet. The exhibition presents a selection of works from the personal...
Bayly Art Museum: Virgins, Gods, Saints and Lovers: Strangeness and Style in Mannerist Prints
The term mannerism refers to works that show certain stylistic tendencies such as the use of geometric forms, deformation or elongation of figures, exaggerated gestures, strange lighting and perspectives, and evocative atmosphere. The diverse s...

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