The Raising of Lazarus, c.1600

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 36.6 x 48.9 cm (14 7/16 x 19 1/4 in.)

sheet: 39.5 x 52.6 cm (15 9/16 x 20 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 27, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2012.92.581

Artists / Makers

Jan Muller (artist) Netherlandish, 1571 - 1628

Abraham Bloemaert (artist after) Dutch, 1566 - 1651

Herman Jansz Muller (publisher) Netherlandish, c. 1540 - 1617

Image Use

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Inscription

in image, at bottom left: Abrahamus Blommaert / inuentor; below image: Heu quàm difficile est, adveri luminis auram, / Ex peccatorum mentem renocare tenebris! / Turbatur, fremit, exclamat, lacrymatur Jesus, / Lazarus vt redeat vivus, iam putre cadauer. / Sic rerum natura uibet , sic ordo requirit: / Non nisi per magnos voluuntur grandia nisus; below image, at left: Joan. Mullerus sculpsit.; below image, at right: Harman: Muller: excud.

Provenance

(David Tunick, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased January 12, 1978; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Tunick, Inc., David

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 18, ii/ii

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Muller Dynasty, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 27, ii/ii