The Seven Maccabean Brothers Killed by Antiochus

1591

Crispijn van de Passe I

Artist, Dutch, c. 1565 - 1637

Jan Sadeler I

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

Aegidius Sadeler II

Publisher, Flemish, c. 1570 - 1629

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.3 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 in.), cut within platemark

  • Accession

    2011.139.130

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 221 (de Vos)


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; 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 Hertzberger: no. 221 (de Vos)

Inscriptions

lower left in image: S excudit; lower right in image: M de Vos INventor / C de Pass sculps; lower center in plate: Et septem numero Machaboeo sanguine fratres. / Antiochi furijs occubuere trucis.

Wikidata ID

Q76559385


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