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The Deluge

c. 1584

Andrea Andreani

Artist, Italian, 1558/1559 - 1629

Medium

woodcut from two blocks on two joined sheets of laid paper
Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund and Edward E. MacCrone Fund
Dimensions

sheet: 45.8 x 67.4 cm (18 1/16 x 26 9/16 in.)
Accession

2001.42.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 24 November 2000, no. 5151); (David Tunick, Inc., New York); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

David Tunick, Inc.

Exhibition History

2004

Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

2007

The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

Inscriptions

lower left on rock: AA (in monogram)

Watermarks

shield with M and star (see Briquet 8392)

Wikidata ID

Q76335546

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