The Baptism of Christ

c. 1610?

Johann Matthias Kager

Artist, German, 1575 - 1634

Christof Greuter

Publisher, German, active c. 1611 - 1622

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.4 × 16.4 cm (8 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 21.6 × 1.6 cm (8 1/2 × 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.92.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 2, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971); Friedrich Quiring [b. 1886], Eberswalde (Lugt 1041c); Professor Michael Jaffe, Cambridge; (Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1864

  • Andresen, Andreas. _Der deutsche Peintre-Graveur, oder die deutschen Maler als Kupferstecher nach ihrem Leben und ihren Werken, von dem letzten Drittel des 16. Jahrhunderts bis zum Schluss des 18. Jahrhunderts, und in Anschluss an Bartsch's Peintre-Graveur

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. 2, ii/ii

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: M. Kager Inv. e fecit; across bottom, in plate: Tingitur hic undis divine Numine teste. Tingitur: at non ut sua, quaeum nulla reperta. / Chara Dei sifoles, purus et ipse Deus, Unquam, sed miserans crimina nostra lauet / Christ. Greutt. Excu. Au; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Kager A.S. II / Andr. IV p 351 / Ngl. 9 / 1696

Watermarks

fragment of eagle

Wikidata ID

Q77008491

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