The Death of Adonis
c. 1579
Artist, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 24 × 31.8 cm (9 7/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
plate: 22.4 × 30.5 cm (8 13/16 × 12 in.) -
Accession
2021.112.10
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Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein, no. 403, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Old Master Print, Izegem, Belgium); David McDonnell, Washington DC, purchased 2013; gift to NGA, 2021
Associated Names
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, no. 30.
1993
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Collaert Dynasty, Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 403, ii/ii
Inscriptions
recto: in plate, in image, at lower right: Antonius Blocklant Inuentor. / Philippus Galleus Sculp. / 4; verso: in brown ink, at lower right: 2833 / 17;