Marten van Heemskerck. Abigail. 1555–1565. Netherlands. Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper, incised with stylus for transfer Maarten van Heemskerck, a prolific draftsman and etcher and the leading proponent of the Mannerist School in Haarlem, spent a decisive period in Rome from 1532 to 1536. This drawing shows the influence of Michelangelo’s heroic forms. Pricked for transfer to a metal plate, it is one of six designs he made for an engraved series of Good Women of the Old Testament.

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Photo credit: © WBC ART / Alamy / Afripics
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