Death of a Male Saint (Joseph?) with Four Secondary Figures

A pen and brown wash drawing shows a bearded man lying on a bed while several figures gather around him, one bending close with hands clasped and another standing at the right. A figure at the upper left raises an arm and a head appears in the upper right corner.

Look closer: A small head peers out in the upper right corner, partly cropped at the edge.

Artist

Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century

Date

17th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash over black chalk underdrawing. On off-white paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3209 × 2677 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Jaffe, 1956