The Parable of the Kingdom of Heaven

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 depicts a detailed landscape with an elevated view of a town scene. The horizon shows towers, buildings, and a winding river. Smoke rises from some parts of the town. The scene is created using precise lines, resembling engraving or etching. The color scheme is monochromatic, with various shades of gray. In the foreground, there are figures near a grand building with ornate architecture. The town is filled with more buildings and figures, suggesting a bustling historical setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 15.3 × 20.8 cm (6 × 8 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.370

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 236, 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

2019

  • Through a Glass Darkly: Allegory & Faith in Netherlandish Prints from Lucas van Leyden to Rembrandt, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2019, no. 66, repro.

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. 236, state only; (Hans Bol, Ursula Mielke, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2015: Part I, no. 82.

Inscriptions

lower left, in plate, in image: .A.C fec.; lower center, in plate, in image: .H. Bol. Inu.; lower right, in plate, in image:.Sadl. exc.; lower right, in plate, in image: .1.5.8.5.; below image, in plate: Regalem ad coenam, natum coniungere sponsae, / Dum parat, invitat Dominus; renuere vocati, / Scilicet indigni; mox hinc genus omne vocavit / Convivas, poenis pravos ubi mulctat acerbis. Matt. 22. (While he prepares to join son and bride, the Lord issues invitations to a royal feast; evidently unworthy, the invitees decline; Hence he presently called upon every sort of table companion, and at the same time punished the wrongdoers with harsh penalties. Matthew 22. [translation from Melion, Walter S. and James Clifton_Through a Glass Darkly: Allegory & Faith in Nethlerlandish Prints from Lucas van Leyden to Rembrandt._Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, 2019, p.153.])

Wikidata ID

Q65506469

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