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A first 15th-century drawing for Leuven
08/11/22 - Acquisition - Leuven, M Museum Leuven - This is the very first drawing to join the fifteenth-century collection held by the Museum Leuven. Done by an artist in Rogier van der Weyden’s circle, this Swoon of the Virgin (ill. 1), executed in brown ink and charcoal, had already been in the museum between 2011 and 2017, on loan from the Belgian private collector who is now parting with it.
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- 1. Entourage de Rogier van der Weyden
La Pâmoison de la Sainte Vierge et les deux Marie, vers 1458-1469
Encre brune et fusain - 33,2 x 20,8 cm
Louvain, M Museum
Photo : M Leuven - See the image in its page
At the time, it was displayed alongside Rogier van der Weyden’s Triptych of the Seven Sacraments (ill. 2 and 3), from which it repeats with some variations a motif from the…
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