Arithmetic, c. 1597

Not on View

series Title

The Liberal Arts

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 16 x 13.2 cm (6 5/16 x 5 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 5

Accession Number

2011.139.76

Artists / Makers

Cornelis Jacobsz Drebbel (artist) Dutch, 1572 - 1633

Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Image Use

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Inscription

center in plate [on large tablet]: 12345/6781011; lower left in plate [on small tablet]: 1478 [?]; by later hand, upper right verso, in graphite: P.83/932/2; by later hand, lower center verso, in graphite: Aritmetique/ B III. Drebbel. p. 119/69.2/after HG; by later hand, bottom margin verso, in pen and black ink: l arinellique/drebbel

Provenance

Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], 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 Hertzberge: no. 5

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Goltzius). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 700