The Infant Christ and Saint John Playing with the Lamb, 1632-1636

Not on View

Medium

woodcut on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 34.7 × 46.5 cm (13 11/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 5, State ii/iii

Accession Number

1971.70.2

Artists / Makers

Christoffel Jegher (artist) Flemish, 1596 - 1652/1653

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (artist after) Flemish, 1577 - 1640

Image Use

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Inscription

recto: in block, in image, at lower center: C.I.; in block, below image, at left: P. P. Rub. delin. / & excudit.; in block, below image, at center: CVM PRIVILEGIIS.; in block, below image, at right: C. Iegher. Sculp.; verso: at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: B.25.852

Marks and Labels

recto: none; verso: Falkeisen & Huber (Lugt 1008)

Provenance

Falkeisen & Huber, Basel

Associated Names

Chaikin, Nathan, Mr.

Exhibition History

1974: NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 112.

2007: The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge