Tobias Burying One of the Children of Israel, 1543

Not on View

series Title

The Story of Tobias

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 6.4 x 9.9 cm (2 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)

sheet: 6.5 x 10 cm (2 9/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 27, ii/iii

Accession Number

2011.139.13

Artists / Makers

Georg Pencz (artist) German, c. 1500 - 1550

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in image: THOBIE 2. CAP GP (in monogram); by later hand, upper verso in graphite: P655/1288; by later hand, lower verso in graphite: Pencz. B14 L'histoire de Tobie

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg, New York; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

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 Hertzberger: no. 27, ii/iii