Dies I (First Day)
1589
Artist, Netherlandish, 1571 - 1628

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (diameter): 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.)
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Accession
2021.26.2
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Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein, no. 36, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Friedrich August, King of Saxony [1797-1854] (Lugt 971). (Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt); purchased 2020 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1993
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Muller Dynasty, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Publishers, 1999: no. 36, ii/ii.
Inscriptions
recto: in plate, at top center: Dies I; in plate, at bottom center: HG excud.; on mount, at lower center in graphite in later hand: B. 36 / W. 36 II / D IV. 497,2; on mount, at lower center in red ink in later hand: 8793.
Markings
recto: Friedrich August, King of Saxony (Lugt 971); verso: none