The Triumph of Saint Stephen
1559 (published 1638)
Artist, Netherlandish, 1522 - 1590
Publisher, Flemish, probably 1600 - 1676

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving and etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 30.5 × 39 cm (12 × 15 3/8 in.)
plate: 20.6 × 25.6 cm (8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1974.53.11
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Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein, no. 442, State iv/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Craddock and Barnard, London); purchased by NGA, 1974.
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. 17, 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. Maarten van Heemskerck. Parts I and II. Compiled by Ilja M. Veldman and edited by Ger Luijten. Roosendaal: Koninklijke van Poll, 1993.
Inscriptions
upper center, in plate, in image: STEPHANUS; lower right, in plate, numbered in image: 7; below image, in plate: En pietate virum insignem, virtute decorum, / Clementem Stephanum, placidumque;, hilaremque:, benignum, / Munificum supra quam dici possit in omneis: / Nam moriturus constanter precibus, scleratis / Pro hostibus, orabat Dominum vultuque sereno, / Vno in quo fixit sibi Spem, metamque, salutis. (Behold the man conspicuous for piety, noble through virtuousness, the gentle Stephen, more peacable, cheerful, friendly and generous toward s all men than it is possible to say. On the point of death he prayed steadfastly and with a calm countenance for his wicked enemies to the Lord upon whom he had placed his hope, and upon no other, and from whom he awaited his deliverance. [translation from Veldman, Ilja. "Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert and Heemskerck's allegories." In Maarten van Heemskerck and Dutch humanism in the sixteenth century, p.68. Maarssen: Gary Schwartz, 1977.])
Markings
none
Watermarks
present but not identified
Wikidata ID
Q65567760