Christ Preaching 1600 - 1700

This anonymous drawing, "Christ Preaching," depicts Jesus Christ preaching to a crowd of people. The scene, set in a walled courtyard, is captured in a dynamic and lively style. The artist uses gestural strokes to convey movement, with the figures gathered around Christ, their hands raised in a gesture of attentiveness. The drawing demonstrates the artist's skill in capturing the energy and emotion of a religious scene, a common theme in Baroque art. The drawing's small scale suggests that it may be a preparatory study for a larger painting. This artwork is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.