The Infant Christ and Saint John Playing with the Lamb

1632-1636

Christoffel Jegher

Artist, Flemish, 1596 - 1652/1653

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.7 × 46.5 cm (13 11/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1971.70.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 5, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Falkeisen & Huber, Basel

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 112.

2007

  • The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

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 Hertzberge

Inscriptions

recto: in block, in image, at lower center: C.I.; in block, below image, at left: P. P. Rub. delin. / & excudit.; in block, below image, at center: CVM PRIVILEGIIS.; in block, below image, at right: C. Iegher. Sculp.; verso: at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: B.25.852

Markings

recto: none; verso: Falkeisen & Huber (Lugt 1008)

Wikidata ID

Q65566821

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