Philosophy

c. 1597

Cornelis Jacobsz Drebbel, after Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Cornelis Jacobsz Drebbel

Artist, Dutch, 1572 - 1633

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist After, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Two individuals are shown from the waist up, engaged in a conversation. The person on the left is an elderly man with a long beard and cap, wearing a robe and gesturing with his left hand. The person on the right is a woman with curly hair, wearing a gown with puffy sleeves. She has her hands raised and there are books in her lap. The background includes columns and what appear to be scrolls or books.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16.1 x 13.1 cm (6 5/16 x 5 3/16 in.), cut within platemark

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.77

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 6

  • Series Title

    The Liberal Arts

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], New York; gift to NGA 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

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 Hertzberge: no. 6

1996

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Goltzius). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no.701

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right verso, in graphite: p. 84/933/3; by later hand, lower left verso, in graphite: B III. p199/69.3; by later hand, lower center verso, in pen and black ink: le dialectique drebbel

Wikidata ID

Q76559194

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