John the Baptist, Preaching, 1593

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 26.7 x 25.1 cm (10 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.) (trimmed within plate mark)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 1, State i/vi

Accession Number

2012.92.543

Artists / Makers

Gerrit Pietersz Sweelinck (artist) Dutch, 1566 - before 1612

Image Use

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Inscription

in image, at bottom right: G. P. Fecit. 1593.

Provenance

Harrach Collection (no stamp). Liechtenstein Collection (no stamp).[1] (C.G. Boerner, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased November 4, 1991; gift to NGA, 2012.

[1] According to receipt.

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.
Harrach Collection
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Liechtenstein, Princes of

Exhibition History

2013: Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection, NGA, 2013 - 2014.

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. 1, i/vi