The Raising of Tabitha

Philip Galle after Maerten van Heemskerck

Associated Names
Philip Galle

Artist, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Maerten van Heemskerck

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

This drawing depicts a narrative scene with three primary segments. The left section shows an architectural backdrop with columns, an archway, a figure walking outside, and two robed figures conversing on a staircase indoors. The middle segment shows multiple robed individuals around a reclining figure with a sense of urgency and religious symbolism. The right segment depicts three figures in an interior scene that looks like a baptismal or ceremonial practice. The drawing is detailed with careful linework and composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1974.33.26

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 410, copy a


Artwork history & notes

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

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Philips Galle, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 410, copy a.

Wikidata ID

Q65576162

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