John the Baptist, Preaching

1593

Gerrit Pietersz Sweelinck

Artist, Dutch, 1566 - before 1612

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.7 x 25.1 cm (10 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.) (trimmed within plate mark)

  • Accession

    2012.92.543

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 1, State i/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Harrach Collection (no stamp). Liechtenstein Collection (no stamp).[1] (C.G. Boerner, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased November 4, 1991; gift to NGA, 2012.
[1] According to receipt.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection, NGA, 2013 - 2014.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, no. 1, i/vi

Inscriptions

in image, at bottom right: G. P. Fecit. 1593.

Wikidata ID

Q76557140

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