The Star of Kings, a Night Piece, 1630

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 20.9 x 16.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

sheet (trimmed close to plate mark): 21.1 x 16.9 cm (8 5/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 149, State ii/iv

Accession Number

1996.112.2

Artists / Makers

Jan van de Velde II (artist) Dutch, 1593 - 1641

Pieter Molijn (artist after) Dutch, 1595 - 1661

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: P / Molyn del.; rest by later hands, center verso in graphite: 5; lower left verso in graphite: Fr.-v.d.K. no II(4) / 77324

Provenance

Friedrich August II (1797-1854), King of Saxony (Lugt 971); RR (Lugt 5188, unidentified mark); MR (Lugt 3725, unidentified mark); (Hill-Stone Inc., New York); purchased by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Hill-Stone, Inc.

Bibliography

1883: Franken, D. and J.Ph. van der Kellen. L'Oeuvre de Jan van de Velde. Amsterdam: Frederik Muller et Cie; Paris: Rapilly, 1883. Reprint. Amsterdam: G.W. Hissink en Co., 1968.

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