The Body of Christ Supported by Angels

1587

Hendrick Goltzius, after Bartholomaeus Spranger

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Bartholomaeus Spranger

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1546 - 1611

The image depicts a central figure in a seated position on the edge of a flat surface. The person is half-nude, with a cloth draped over the lower part of their body. The figure's head is tilted downward, eyes closed. They have sharp facial features, long wavy hair, and are supported by an angel. The angel has long hair and wings. Two cherubs are present, one holding the man's hand and the other holding a container. In the background, there is a rocky landscape with a faint outline of a distant city, and three more figures walking. The scene is detailed with fine lines and shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.6 × 23.9 cm (12 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.) (trimmed to image)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.551

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 339, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bindon Blood [d. 1855], March 28, 1845 (Lugt 3011). Ture Lundh, Sweden (not in Lugt); (Christie's, London, June 26, 1985, lot 126). (R.M. Light & Co., Inc., Santa Barbara, CA); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased November 20, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1921

  • Hirschmann, Otto. Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks von Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) mit Benutzung der durch E.W. Moest hinterlassenen Notizen zusammengestellt. Leipzig: Verlag von Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1921. Reprint. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt &Bie; no. 320, only

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; no. 320, only

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesburg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 339, only

Inscriptions

in image, at center: Ao. 1587; in image, at bottom left: Illus Generoso et Magnifico Domino Duo / Paulo Syxto Trautson libero Baroni in / Sprechenstain et Schrofenstain &c. Sacre / Cas.ae M.tis Camerario, Supremo curiae Mareschalco, / et Concily Imperialis Presidi, Dño suo B. Spran- / ger Inue. et H. Goltzius sculp, hac beneuoli animi, / humilisque obsequy
Mnemosynon quantulucuque D. D.; on verso, in graphite: 244 / a / c / a (?) Leith / March 28 / 1845

Wikidata ID

Q76557161

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