The Good Shepherd

1585

Adriaen Collaert after Hans Bol

Associated Names
Adriaen Collaert

Artist, Flemish, Flemish, 1560 - 1618

Jan Sadeler I

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

Hans Bol

Artist After, Flemish, Flemish, 1534 - 1593

The image shows an elevated point of view of a man tending to sheep near a rustic building, with sheep nearby. In the distance, there is a village with buildings, pointed roofs, and a tall spire. The image is created with intricate lines, likely using an engraving technique, portraying detailed foliage and architecture. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of gray. In the sky, there are clouds and a creature perched on the moon.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 15 × 20.8 cm (5 7/8 × 8 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.366

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 232, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1962; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • Scripture for the Eyes: Biblical Illustration in Netherlandish Prints of the Sixteenth Century, Museum of Biblical Art, New York, NY; and the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2009-2010. no. 17a.

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 Hertzberger.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Collaert Dynasty, Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesburg, authors). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2005: Part II, no. 232, state only; (Hans Bol, Ursula Mielke, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2015: Part I, no. 78.

Inscriptions

lower left center, in plate, in image: .A.C. fec.; lower center, in plate, in image: .H. Bol. Inu.; lower right center, in plate, in image: .Sadl. exc.; lower right, in plate, in image: .1.5.8.5.; below image, in plate: Qui pecudes tenera debebat pascere in herba, / Tacte frui tantum, & vellus deglubere curarit. / At bonus educit pastor, pecudes que reducit. Ezeh. 34. / Quique alia irrepunt, fures sunt atque latrones. Joha. 10.

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q65506458

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