Embracing Couple

c. 1540

Martin Treu

Artist, German, active 1540 - 1543

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 6.1 x 4.6 cm (2 3/8 x 1 13/16 in.)
    mount: 11.6 x 18.4 cm (4 9/16 x 7 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.74

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 23


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lord Nathan of Churt (not in Lugt). Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821 (vol IX): no. 23.

Inscriptions

upper left: 9 / MT (in monogram); in later hand, on mount, upper right in graphite: 477; by later hand (Leo Steinberg?), on lower left of mount in graphite: Martin Treu B. IX. p. 68; by later hand (Leo Steinberg?) lower right of mount in graphite: Coll Lord nathan of Churt; by later hand, verso of mount in graphite: 2/585

Wikidata ID

Q76559188


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