Susanna Surprised by the Two Elders, 1633-1636

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Medium

woodcut on heavy laid paper

Dimensions

image: 44.4 x 57.8 cm (17 1/2 x 22 3/4 in.)

sheet: 46 x 59.2 cm (18 1/8 x 23 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 1, State i/ii

Accession Number

1986.48.1

Artists / Makers

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

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

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Inscription

lower center in plate: P.P.Rub.delin.& exc. / CVM PRIVILEGIIS. / [to right] Christoffel Iegher.Sc; in Dutch hand, across bottom in brown ink: [notations of colors appearing on the painting of this subject by Rubens]

Provenance

Ture Lundh, Sweden (not in Lugt). (sale, Christie's, London, 26 June 1985, no. 199). (P.& D. Colnaghi, London); acquired 1986 by NGA.

Associated Names

Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., P. & D.
Lundh, Ture

Exhibition History

1986: Old Master Drawings, P.&D. Colnaghi, London, 1 - 19 July 1986, no. 45

1990: Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 19, repro.

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

Bibliography

1884: Dutuit 36.

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

1985: Christie's, London: 6/26/1985, no.199.

1986: Colnaghi, London: 7/1-19/1986, no.45.

1990: Russell 1990, cat.no.19.