The Taskmaster of the Pharaoh Beating the Israelites

c.1585

Jan Sadeler I

Artist, Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Hack

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.3 × 28.7 cm (8 × 11 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.9 × 29.4 cm (8 1/4 × 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.91.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 55

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Hack, New York; Gift to NGA, 2012.

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. 55

Inscriptions

upper left in image: J Saeler f.; lower center below image: Jussa dei spenrnens rex durius urget Hebreo Atque dari palea hinc populo vetuit: Exod: 5.; by later hand, verso in graphite: Au pris des commendements / de Dieu le roi se montre dur pour / les Hebreux et interdit le dormer / des brignes au peuple

Wikidata ID

Q76560799

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