The Deluge

c. 1530

Willem Liefrinck

Artist, Flemish, died c. 1538-1546

Willem Liefrinck

Publisher, Flemish, died c. 1538-1546

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut from two blocks on two joined sheets of laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 47.1 x 67.3 cm (18 9/16 x 26 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2004.114.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971); Samuel Josefowitz, Zurich (inv. no. A-274); (R.M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

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

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Liefrinck Dynasty, Jeroen Luyckx, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2021: no. 1

Markings

recto, lower right, stamped in black ink: [Lugt 971, mark of Friedrich August II]

Wikidata ID

Q76343387

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