Abraham Bloemaert's Drawing Book

1679/1702

Frederick Bloemaert

Artist, Dutch, 1610 or after - 1669 or after

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 160 engravings (two with chiaroscuro woodcut) on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    book: 24.2 × 28.8 × 4 cm (9 1/2 × 11 5/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
    page size: 26.8 × 28.7 cm (10 9/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1972.30.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 36, State -155

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William H. Schab Gallery, Inc., New York)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 109.

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

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:109.

Inscriptions

on front cover, at upper left, in brown ink: 2 [?] Lot 85 / 2; on title page, in brown ink: "Abraham Bloemaert's Drawing Book"

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