Moon

1569

Abraham de Bruyn

Associated Names
Abraham de Bruyn

Artist, Netherlandish, 1540 - 1587

The image depicts a female figure standing alongside nautical elements. She is draped in flowing garments and her right hand is positioned as if gesturing towards a crescent moon. In the background, there is a large ship with tall masts, and in front of the woman is an oversized lobster or crustacean. Smaller ships can be seen in the distant waters. The artwork is executed in a monochrome palette.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 4.4 × 3.2 cm (1 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9347

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 122, State only

  • Series Title

    The Seven Planets

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1951: IV, no. 50.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Abraham de Bruijn, Ursula Mielke, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2017: Part I, no. 122.

Inscriptions

upper left, in plate: LVNA / [astrological sign]; upper center, in plate: 1569 / ADB [artist's monogram]; upper right, in plate: 7

Wikidata ID

Q65018468

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