# Madonna with Angels and Shepherds

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BRAY, Salomon de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-salomon-de-r59c007f44ff074>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Wash in pen and lead, 218 x 196 mm

## Commentary

This drawing is the earliest dated work of the artist. The Virgin, depicted from a frontal perspective, is flanked symmetrically by a closed group of bowed and kneeling figures. The feet of all the figures are arrayed at the same height, in a straight line.

## Related artworks

- [Book and Picture Shop](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-salomon-de-r59c007f44ff074/book-and-picture-shop-r840794e1984db7>)
- [Design for sculpture](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-salomon-de-r59c007f44ff074/design-for-sculpture-r30036847c77a94>)
- [Eliezer and Rebecca](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-salomon-de-r59c007f44ff074/eliezer-and-rebecca-r03a4be041fb4bd>)
- [Eliezer and Rebecca](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-salomon-de-r59c007f44ff074/eliezer-and-rebecca-rcb85814186b3d5>)
- [Eliezer and Rebecca](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-salomon-de-r59c007f44ff074/eliezer-and-rebecca-ree724b947cff16>)
- [Eliezer and Rebecca](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-salomon-de-r59c007f44ff074/eliezer-and-rebecca-rf1ea8d3013f187>)
- [Jael, Deborah and Barak](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-salomon-de-r59c007f44ff074/jael-deborah-and-barak-r8db613d4110ae5>)
- [Joseph Receives His Father and Brothers in Egypt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-salomon-de-r59c007f44ff074/joseph-receives-his-father-and-brothers-in-egypt-r6fb22fe4ad6d46>)
- [Judith Delivering the Head of Holofernes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-salomon-de-r59c007f44ff074/judith-delivering-the-head-of-holofernes-rc6a38e67ffd093>)
- [Odysseus and Circe](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-salomon-de-r59c007f44ff074/odysseus-and-circe-rd5f2e48bb8bef9>)
- [The Twins Clara and Aelbert de Bray](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-salomon-de-r59c007f44ff074/the-twins-clara-and-aelbert-de-bray-r8141b6d6f0dcab>)
- [Triumphal Procession with Musicians](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bray-salomon-de-r59c007f44ff074/triumphal-procession-with-musicians-r23d45adda196f3>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)