The Seed Received among the Thorns, from the Parable of the Sower
Cleveland Museum of Art

The Seed Received among the Thorns, from the Parable of the Sower

Gerard van Groeningen (Flemish) · c. 1573

Black chalk, gray wash, and brown ink, on cream laid paper; traces of transfer
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The stage-like format of this drawing recalls enacted "plays of meaning," or moralizing plays, performed in the Netherlands at the time.

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