The Amorous Nun between the Abbot and the Monk

c. 1560

Hans Collaert the Elder

Artist, Netherlandish, 1530 - 1581

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within image): 24.2 x 30.4 cm (9 1/2 x 11 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2000.87.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 1147, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Susan Schulman, New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

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.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Collaert Dynasty, Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesburg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 1147, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

lower right in image: HCF (in monogram)

Wikidata ID

Q76341887

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