Ignis (Fire)

1622

Jan van de Velde II

Artist, Dutch, 1593 - 1641

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.1 x 28.1 cm (7 1/2 x 11 1/16 in.) (cut within platemark)

  • Accession

    2011.139.166

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 23, State ii/ii

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 Hertzberge: 23, ii/ii

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: IGNIS.; lower left in plate: Ignis alit mundem princeps... / ...calore fovet; lower right in plate: 2

Wikidata ID

Q76559605

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