Inleyding tot de Hooge Schoole der Schilderkonst (Introduction to the Noble School of Painting), 1678

Not on View

Medium

bound volume with letterpress text and 20 etchings and engravings on laid paper

Dimensions

book: 21.3 × 17.1 × 3.5 cm (8 3/8 × 6 3/4 × 1 3/8 in.)
page size: 20.4 × 15.9 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 31, State ii/ii (of the Self-Portrait)

Accession Number

1991.21.1

Artists / Makers

Samuel van Hoogstraten (artist/author) Dutch, 1627 - 1678

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand in blue ink on front pastedown at upper right: 78-51-9; by later hand in graphite on front pastedown at center: coll / portrait of Van Hoogstraten present - / -not always found in all copies / p13 - mention of Rembrandt; by later hand in graphite on back pastedown: WR 6310

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

Emil Offenbacher, New York; purchased 1978 by Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow; gift 1991 to NGA.

Associated Names

Vershbow, Arthur E., Mr.

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

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.78.