Jan Witdoeck

Witdouc, Hans

Flemish, c. 1615 - after 1642

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A group of muscular men lift a cross onto which a man has been nailed in this long engraving, which is printed with fine black lines and shading on three joined sheets of off-white paper. The bearded person on the cross, Jesus, is also muscular and wears only a loincloth across his hips. A ring of thorns is thrust onto his head, and he looks up. Eight men struggle to raise the cross, and one of them pulls on a rope tied to the crossbeam. Muscles bulge across the backs of two bare-chested men on our side of the wooden cross. Two of the others are also shirtless. Two wear armor, and the final two men wear long-sleeved robes. Three women, two children, and a dog cluster in the lower right corner on the right sheet. A woman and a clean-shaven man stand behind them, and they all look on with mouths open or lips downturned. Six people look on from behind and around the opening of a deep cave behind the standing man and woman. Four men are on horseback to our left. Three wear helmets, and one of those looks out at us. The bareheaded man gestures toward Jesus with a scepter. Men nail the hands of another person to a wooden cross in the background to the left, and a bound man is led to our right. Clouds streak across the sky over a town in the distance. Inscriptions printed below the image in the lower left margin reads, “PP Rubens pinxit, H. Withouc sculpsit Ao 1638.” Text printed under the center of the image reads, “D CORNELIO VANDER GEEST VIRORVM OPTIMO ET AMICORVM VETVSTISSIMO SVOQVE AB ADOLESCENTIA PERPETVO FAVTORI ATRISQVE PICTORIAE SVMMO DVM VIXIT ADMIRATORI MONVMENTVM HOC ATERNAE AMICATIAE QVOD SVPERSTITIT DESTINARAT DEFVNCTO L.M.D.D.Q. Ex Tabula Walburgensis Ecclesiae cuius ipse praecipuus Author et prmotor fuit.” An inscription in the lower right margin reads, “Cum priuilegiis Regis Christianissimi Principum Belgaruin et Ordinum Batauiae.”
Jan Witdoeck, The Elevation of the Cross, engraving (from 3 plates on three sheets), Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1978.31.2-4

The Elevation of the Cross

Jan Witdoeck · · engraving (from 3 plates on three sheets) ·  Accession ID  1978.31.2-4

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Judith and Holofernes

Jan Witdoeck, Remoldus Eynhoudts, Various Artists, Jan Witdoeck · 1633 · engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1973.62.7

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The Holy Trinity, in a Roundel

Remoldus Eynhoudts, Remoldus Eynhoudts, Various Artists, Jan Witdoeck · · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1973.62.78

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The Rape of Europa

Remoldus Eynhoudts, Remoldus Eynhoudts, Various Artists, Jan Witdoeck · · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1973.62.99

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The Martyrdom of Saint George

Remoldus Eynhoudts, Remoldus Eynhoudts, Various Artists, Jan Witdoeck · · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1973.62.92

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Saint Sebastian

Remoldus Eynhoudts, Remoldus Eynhoudts, Various Artists, Jan Witdoeck · · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1973.62.15

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Christ at the Sepulchre as the Conquerer of Death

Remoldus Eynhoudts, Remoldus Eynhoudts, Various Artists, Jan Witdoeck · · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1973.62.14

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Assumption of the Virgin

Remoldus Eynhoudts, Remoldus Eynhoudts, Various Artists, Jan Witdoeck · · etching on laid paper with ink wash and heightening in white ·  Accession ID  1973.62.3

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Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child

Remoldus Eynhoudts, Remoldus Eynhoudts, Various Artists, Jan Witdoeck · · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1973.62.104

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Coronation of the Virgin, with Christ Child, Surrounded by Children and Clouds

Cornelis Schut I, Remoldus Eynhoudts, Various Artists, Jan Witdoeck · · etching and engraving on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1973.62.135